STYGIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. STYGIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STYGIAN?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STYGIAN is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STYGIAN
No single letter turns STYGIAN into another word.
How STYGIAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in STYGIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 228,732.
What does STYGIAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Very dark and gloomy, like the underworld.
The word comes from the Styx, the river of the dead in Greek myth. Writers use stygian for thick darkness, in caves, storms and night streets, or for something hellish or deathly in mood.
How STYGIAN is used
Literary; used for deep darkness or infernal gloom.
- We walked into the stygian darkness of the cave.
- A stygian gloom settled over the valley before the storm.
- The cellar was stygian, and the candle barely helped.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STYGIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STYGIAN
The 7 tiles of STYGIAN in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in STYGIAN
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Common questions about STYGIAN
- Is STYGIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STYGIAN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STYGIAN worth?
- STYGIAN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STYGIAN mean?
- Very dark and gloomy, like the underworld.
- What letters can be added to STYGIAN?
- No single letter can be added to STYGIAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of STYGIAN:
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