PHYTONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PHYTONIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHYTONIC?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHYTONIC is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHYTONIC
No single letter turns PHYTONIC into another word.
How PHYTONIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PHYTONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PHYTONIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PHYTONIC
- All 8 letters of PHYTONIC are different — nothing repeats.
- The same 8 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PHYTONIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Relating to a phyton, the basic repeating unit of a plant made of a leaf with its piece of stem.
Old plant theory held that a flowering plant was built by repeating one small module again and again, and phytonic describes that idea. The adjective phytonic is hardly used outside the history of botany and in very specialised discussions of plant structure.
How PHYTONIC is used
A rare botanical adjective, found in older scientific works.
- The author proposed a phytonic theory of how stems and leaves are built.
- Each phytonic unit was thought to be able to grow into a new plant.
- A phytonic view of the tree explained its repeating branches.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHYTONIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PHYTONIC
The 8 tiles of PHYTONIC in a different order — 3 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PHYTONIC
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Common questions about PHYTONIC
- Is PHYTONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHYTONIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHYTONIC worth?
- PHYTONIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHYTONIC mean?
- Relating to a phyton, the basic repeating unit of a plant made of a leaf with its piece of stem.
- What letters can be added to PHYTONIC?
- No single letter can be added to PHYTONIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PHYTONIC:
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