PYRIDIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PYRIDIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYRIDIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYRIDIC is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYRIDIC
No single letter turns PYRIDIC into another word.
How PYRIDIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PYRIDIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What does PYRIDIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Relating to or derived from pyridine, a nitrogen-containing compound.
Pyridic is a chemist's label for substances connected to pyridine. It turns up in older textbooks describing the bases made from coal tar. Most modern writing prefers phrases such as pyridine-based.
How PYRIDIC is used
Pyridic is a technical word found in chemistry texts about pyridine compounds.
- The report listed several pyridic bases found in the sample.
- A pyridic odour clung to the laboratory bench.
- Early chemists studied pyridic compounds from coal tar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYRIDIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PYRIDIC
Common questions about PYRIDIC
- Is PYRIDIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYRIDIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYRIDIC worth?
- PYRIDIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYRIDIC mean?
- Relating to or derived from pyridine, a nitrogen-containing compound.
- What letters can be added to PYRIDIC?
- No single letter can be added to PYRIDIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PYRIDIC:
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