LECYTHUS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. LECYTHUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LECYTHUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LECYTHUS is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LECYTHUS
No single letter turns LECYTHUS into another word.
How LECYTHUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LECYTHUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LECYTHUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about LECYTHUS
- All 8 letters of LECYTHUS are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LECYTHUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A slim, narrow-necked Greek jar with a single handle, used in antiquity to hold oil and perfume.
Painters in ancient Athens often decorated the lecythus with funeral scenes, and such jars were left at graves. The tall neck let the owner pour out oil in slow, measured drops.
How LECYTHUS is used
Used by archaeologists and art historians when describing Greek pottery, where lecythus is the Latinised spelling.
- The museum displayed a white-ground lecythus found in an Athenian tomb.
- A single lecythus once held the perfumed oil used at the burial.
- She sketched the elegant curve of the lecythus in her notebook.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LECYTHUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LECYTHUS
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Common questions about LECYTHUS
- Is LECYTHUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LECYTHUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LECYTHUS worth?
- LECYTHUS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LECYTHUS mean?
- A slim, narrow-necked Greek jar with a single handle, used in antiquity to hold oil and perfume.
- What letters can be added to LECYTHUS?
- No single letter can be added to LECYTHUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LECYTHUS:
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