SELSYN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SELSYN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SELSYN?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SELSYN is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SELSYN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
selsynsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SELSYN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SELSYN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What stands out about SELSYN
- SELSYN gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SELSYN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An electrical device pair in which a motor copies the exact angular position of a distant generator.
Engineers used selsyns to send a rotation from one place to another without any mechanical link, for example to show a gun turret's angle or a valve position at a control desk. The name is a blend of self-synchronising, and it describes how the receiving motor locks in step with the sender. Modern equipment often replaces it with digital sensors, but the term persists in older machinery and manuals.
How SELSYN is used
Technical; chiefly in older electrical and control engineering.
- A selsyn carried the rudder angle to the bridge display.
- The radar dish followed the command through a selsyn link.
- The technician replaced the failed selsyn on the control panel.
- Each selsyn in the pair must be wired with matching phases.
- The old crane used a selsyn to report the boom position.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SELSYN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SELSYN
1 longer words begin with SELSYN.
Shorter words from the letters in SELSYN
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Common questions about SELSYN
- Is SELSYN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SELSYN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SELSYN worth?
- SELSYN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SELSYN mean?
- An electrical device pair in which a motor copies the exact angular position of a distant generator.
- What letters can be added to SELSYN?
- SELSYN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SELSYN:
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