LYCANTHROPY is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. LYCANTHROPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LYCANTHROPY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LYCANTHROPY is to know. It scores 24 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LYCANTHROPY
No single letter turns LYCANTHROPY into another word.
How LYCANTHROPY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in LYCANTHROPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LYCANTHROPY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LYCANTHROPY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The supposed ability of a person to turn into a wolf, or the delusion that one has done so.
Folklore tells of lycanthropy as a curse that transforms people at the full moon. Old medical writers also used the word for a rare mental illness in which the patient believed himself a wolf and acted like one.
How LYCANTHROPY is used
Used in folklore, horror fiction and the history of psychiatry.
- The villagers blamed lycanthropy for the attacks on their sheep.
- Lycanthropy features in many European legends.
- The doctor wrote about a case of lycanthropy in the old asylum.
- The novel treats lycanthropy as both curse and illness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LYCANTHROPY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LYCANTHROPY
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Common questions about LYCANTHROPY
- Is LYCANTHROPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LYCANTHROPY, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LYCANTHROPY worth?
- LYCANTHROPY is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LYCANTHROPY mean?
- The supposed ability of a person to turn into a wolf, or the delusion that one has done so.
- What letters can be added to LYCANTHROPY?
- No single letter can be added to LYCANTHROPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of LYCANTHROPY:
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