LYTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LYTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LYTIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LYTIC is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LYTIC
No single letter turns LYTIC into another word.
How LYTIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LYTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does LYTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalmedical
Relating to or causing lysis, the breaking down or destruction of cells.
A lytic process ruptures a cell's outer membrane and releases its contents, often as part of an infection, an immune response, or laboratory testing. Doctors and biologists use lytic mainly in compound terms, such as a lytic virus that kills the cells it infects, rather than as a word on its own in everyday speech. The opposite process, in which cells are formed or fused rather than broken apart, is described with different technical terms entirely.
How LYTIC is used
Technical term from biology and medicine; rarely used outside scientific or clinical writing.
- The lytic virus destroyed the bacterial cells within hours.
- Researchers measured the lytic activity of the new enzyme.
- A lytic lesion had weakened part of the bone.
- The lab tested several compounds for lytic effects on the sample.
- During the lytic phase, the virus breaks the host cell apart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LYTIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LYTIC
1 longer words begin with LYTIC.
Words ending in LYTIC
Showing 24 of 56 words that end in LYTIC. Useful as a back hook: play LYTIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with LYTIC inside
Showing 24 of 33 words that contain LYTIC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LYTIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LYTIC
Common questions about LYTIC
- Is LYTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LYTIC, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LYTIC worth?
- LYTIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LYTIC mean?
- Relating to or causing lysis, the breaking down or destruction of cells.
- What letters can be added to LYTIC?
- No single letter can be added to LYTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LYTIC:
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