SISTROID is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SISTROID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SISTROID?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SISTROID is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SISTROID
No single letter turns SISTROID into another word.
How SISTROID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SISTROID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SISTROID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SISTROID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Sistroid describes a shape contained between the convex sides of two curves that cross each other.
The sistroid comes from geometry, where a lens-like area can be bounded by two arcs bulging outward. Its name recalls the sistrum, an old rattle, though few modern readers meet either word.
How SISTROID is used
Sistroid is a rare geometry term for a figure formed by two intersecting convex curves.
- The textbook shaded the sistroid region where the two circles overlapped.
- A sistroid figure has two curved edges meeting at two points.
- He measured the area of the sistroid with an integral.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SISTROID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SISTROID
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Common questions about SISTROID
- Is SISTROID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SISTROID, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SISTROID worth?
- SISTROID is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SISTROID mean?
- Sistroid describes a shape contained between the convex sides of two curves that cross each other.
- What letters can be added to SISTROID?
- No single letter can be added to SISTROID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SISTROID:
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