PHYCOMYCETE is a valid Scrabble word — 28 points
Yes. PHYCOMYCETE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 28 points in Scrabble and 29 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHYCOMYCETE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHYCOMYCETE is to know. It scores 28 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHYCOMYCETE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
phycomycetesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHYCOMYCETE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PHYCOMYCETE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PHYCOMYCETE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PHYCOMYCETE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A member of an older grouping of simple fungi with threadlike growth that lacks cross-walls and resembles algae.
Bread mould is a classic phycomycete, spreading as a fuzzy network over damp food. Modern classification has broken up the group, so the word now appears mainly in older textbooks.
How PHYCOMYCETE is used
Phycomycete is a mycological term, now largely historical in classification.
- The biology text described bread mould as a typical phycomycete.
- Each phycomycete in the sample had long, unpartitioned threads.
- Early botanists grouped the phycomycete fungi together with algae-like forms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHYCOMYCETE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHYCOMYCETE
1 longer words begin with PHYCOMYCETE.
Shorter words from the letters in PHYCOMYCETE
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Common questions about PHYCOMYCETE
- Is PHYCOMYCETE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHYCOMYCETE, where it scores 29 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHYCOMYCETE worth?
- PHYCOMYCETE is worth 28 points in Scrabble and 29 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHYCOMYCETE mean?
- A member of an older grouping of simple fungi with threadlike growth that lacks cross-walls and resembles algae.
- What letters can be added to PHYCOMYCETE?
- PHYCOMYCETE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PHYCOMYCETE:
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