PHAGOCYTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. PHAGOCYTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHAGOCYTIC?
| 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 PHAGOCYTIC is to know. It scores 23 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHAGOCYTIC
No single letter turns PHAGOCYTIC into another word.
How PHAGOCYTIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PHAGOCYTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PHAGOCYTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PHAGOCYTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to or acting like a cell that engulfs and digests bacteria and other particles.
Phagocytic cells, such as certain white blood cells, are a main part of the immune defence. The term describes both the cells and what they do.
How PHAGOCYTIC is used
Used in biology and medicine, often before nouns like cell or activity.
- Phagocytic cells rushed to the site of the infection.
- The drug reduced phagocytic activity in the tissue.
- A phagocytic response removed the dead cells.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHAGOCYTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHAGOCYTIC
1 longer words begin with PHAGOCYTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in PHAGOCYTIC
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Common questions about PHAGOCYTIC
- Is PHAGOCYTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHAGOCYTIC, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHAGOCYTIC worth?
- PHAGOCYTIC is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHAGOCYTIC mean?
- Relating to or acting like a cell that engulfs and digests bacteria and other particles.
- What letters can be added to PHAGOCYTIC?
- No single letter can be added to PHAGOCYTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PHAGOCYTIC:
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