PHOTOTROPIC is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. PHOTOTROPIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHOTOTROPIC?
| 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 PHOTOTROPIC is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHOTOTROPIC
No single letter turns PHOTOTROPIC into another word.
How PHOTOTROPIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PHOTOTROPIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PHOTOTROPIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PHOTOTROPIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Growing or bending in response to light, usually toward it.
A phototropic shoot leans toward a window, which is why potted plants tilt on a shelf. The response is a slow growth change, not the quick swimming of a phototactic cell.
How PHOTOTROPIC is used
Technical; used in plant biology.
- The phototropic stem curved toward the sun.
- Seedlings on a sill are strongly phototropic.
- A phototropic reaction needs only a faint light.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHOTOTROPIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHOTOTROPIC
1 longer words begin with PHOTOTROPIC.
Shorter words from the letters in PHOTOTROPIC
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Common questions about PHOTOTROPIC
- Is PHOTOTROPIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHOTOTROPIC, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHOTOTROPIC worth?
- PHOTOTROPIC is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHOTOTROPIC mean?
- Growing or bending in response to light, usually toward it.
- What letters can be added to PHOTOTROPIC?
- No single letter can be added to PHOTOTROPIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PHOTOTROPIC:
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