OTOCYSTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. OTOCYSTIC 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 OTOCYSTIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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 OTOCYSTIC is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OTOCYSTIC
No single letter turns OTOCYSTIC into another word.
How OTOCYSTIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OTOCYSTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OTOCYSTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OTOCYSTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the small fluid-filled sac that serves as an organ of balance or hearing in some animals.
An otocystic structure is found in many invertebrates and in the embryos of vertebrates. Biologists mention otocystic development when tracing how the inner ear forms. The word belongs to anatomy texts and is almost never heard outside them.
How OTOCYSTIC is used
Appears in zoology and embryology writing.
- The otocystic cavity appears early in the embryo.
- Researchers studied otocystic tissue in the jellyfish.
- An otocystic organ helps the animal sense its tilt.
- The otocystic stage comes before the ear takes its final form.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OTOCYSTIC and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OTOCYSTIC
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Common questions about OTOCYSTIC
- Is OTOCYSTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OTOCYSTIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OTOCYSTIC worth?
- OTOCYSTIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OTOCYSTIC mean?
- Relating to the small fluid-filled sac that serves as an organ of balance or hearing in some animals.
- What letters can be added to OTOCYSTIC?
- No single letter can be added to OTOCYSTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OTOCYSTIC:
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