SPOROCYST is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SPOROCYST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPOROCYST?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPOROCYST is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPOROCYST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sporocystsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPOROCYST scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SPOROCYST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPOROCYST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SPOROCYST mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A thick-walled sac in which parasites such as flukes multiply inside a host, or a spore-forming cyst produced by some protozoans.
In the life cycle of a parasitic fluke, the sporocyst develops inside a snail and gives rise to the next larval stage. A sporocyst reproduces without sex, producing many offspring from a single one. Biologists studying parasites meet the sporocyst early in any course on the subject.
How SPOROCYST is used
A technical term in parasitology and zoology.
- Each sporocyst in the snail produced hundreds of larvae.
- The slide showed a sporocyst packed with developing cells.
- Researchers traced the infection back to a single sporocyst.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPOROCYST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPOROCYST
2 longer words begin with SPOROCYST.
Shorter words from the letters in SPOROCYST
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Common questions about SPOROCYST
- Is SPOROCYST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPOROCYST, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPOROCYST worth?
- SPOROCYST is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPOROCYST mean?
- A thick-walled sac in which parasites such as flukes multiply inside a host, or a spore-forming cyst produced by some protozoans.
- What letters can be added to SPOROCYST?
- SPOROCYST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SPOROCYST:
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