MELANOTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MELANOTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MELANOTIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MELANOTIC is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MELANOTIC
No single letter turns MELANOTIC into another word.
How MELANOTIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MELANOTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MELANOTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MELANOTIC
- All 9 letters of MELANOTIC are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MELANOTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Marked by an excess of dark pigment, or relating to melanin and melanism.
In medicine a melanotic growth or patch is one coloured by melanin, which is why such lesions look brown or black. Zoologists also use melanotic for animals whose coats or feathers are unusually dark.
How MELANOTIC is used
Found in medical and biological writing about pigment and dark skin or fur.
- The pathologist described the lesion as melanotic.
- A melanotic form of the moth was common near the factories.
- The biopsy showed melanotic cells under the microscope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MELANOTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MELANOTIC
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Common questions about MELANOTIC
- Is MELANOTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MELANOTIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MELANOTIC worth?
- MELANOTIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MELANOTIC mean?
- Marked by an excess of dark pigment, or relating to melanin and melanism.
- What letters can be added to MELANOTIC?
- No single letter can be added to MELANOTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MELANOTIC:
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