PYRIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PYRIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYRIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYRIC is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYRIC
No single letter turns PYRIC into another word.
How PYRIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PYRIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does PYRIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalrare
Relating to or resulting from fire.
Pyric comes from the Greek word for fire and appears mainly in scientific writing about the effects of burning on landscapes, such as pyric succession, the pattern of plant and animal life that follows a wildfire. Ecologists studying grasslands and savannas use the term to describe processes shaped directly by fire rather than by other natural forces. Outside such specialist contexts, the word is rarely used.
How PYRIC is used
Technical and rare; found mainly in ecology and earth science writing about fire-related processes.
- The study examined pyric succession in the grassland.
- Fire ecologists track pyric changes in plant cover.
- The report described a pyric pattern of regrowth.
- Grazing after a burn is sometimes called pyric herbivory.
- Researchers mapped the pyric history of the reserve.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYRIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PYRIC
The 5 tiles of PYRIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PYRIC
Common questions about PYRIC
- Is PYRIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYRIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYRIC worth?
- PYRIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYRIC mean?
- Relating to or resulting from fire.
- What letters can be added to PYRIC?
- No single letter can be added to PYRIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PYRIC:
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