PERICYCLIC is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. PERICYCLIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERICYCLIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERICYCLIC is to know. It scores 21 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERICYCLIC
No single letter turns PERICYCLIC into another word.
How PERICYCLIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PERICYCLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 3 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. PERICYCLIC needs 1 blank tile.
What does PERICYCLIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the pericycle of a plant root, or to a chemical reaction in which bonds change around a closed ring of atoms.
In botany a pericyclic layer sits just inside the endodermis of a root. In organic chemistry pericyclic reactions such as the Diels-Alder reaction proceed in one concerted step.
How PERICYCLIC is used
Pericyclic is a specialist term used in botany and in organic chemistry courses.
- The textbook has a chapter on pericyclic reactions.
- Pericyclic cells give rise to lateral roots.
- Students found the pericyclic mechanism hard to visualise.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERICYCLIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PERICYCLIC
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Common questions about PERICYCLIC
- Is PERICYCLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERICYCLIC, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERICYCLIC worth?
- PERICYCLIC is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERICYCLIC mean?
- Relating to the pericycle of a plant root, or to a chemical reaction in which bonds change around a closed ring of atoms.
- What letters can be added to PERICYCLIC?
- No single letter can be added to PERICYCLIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PERICYCLIC:
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