PYKNOTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. PYKNOTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYKNOTIC?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYKNOTIC is to know. It scores 19 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYKNOTIC
No single letter turns PYKNOTIC into another word.
How PYKNOTIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PYKNOTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PYKNOTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PYKNOTIC
- All 8 letters of PYKNOTIC are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PYKNOTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Showing the shrinking and dense darkening of a cell nucleus that happens when a cell is dying.
A pathologist calls a nucleus pyknotic when it looks like a small, dark, compact ball under the microscope. The change is a sign of cell damage or death. The word comes from a Greek root meaning dense.
How PYKNOTIC is used
Pyknotic is a laboratory and pathology word, rarely found outside medical texts.
- The slide showed several pyknotic nuclei in the damaged tissue.
- Pyknotic cells stained very dark under the microscope.
- She noted a pyknotic change in the cells near the wound.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYKNOTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PYKNOTIC
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Common questions about PYKNOTIC
- Is PYKNOTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYKNOTIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYKNOTIC worth?
- PYKNOTIC is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYKNOTIC mean?
- Showing the shrinking and dense darkening of a cell nucleus that happens when a cell is dying.
- What letters can be added to PYKNOTIC?
- No single letter can be added to PYKNOTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PYKNOTIC:
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