STYLET is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. STYLET 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 STYLET?
| 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 STYLET is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STYLET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
styletsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STYLET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in STYLET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 206,954.
What stands out about STYLET
- STYLET 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 STYLET mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A slender pointed instrument or organ, such as a thin probe, a stiffening wire in a catheter, or the piercing mouthpart of an insect.
The word comes from an Italian diminutive meaning a little dagger, and the first stylet was indeed a small stabbing blade. Medicine kept the sense of a fine tool, so a stylet can be a probe for exploring a wound or a wire that gives a flexible tube its shape during insertion. Zoologists use it for the needle-like mouthparts with which aphids and mosquitoes pierce a host.
How STYLET is used
Technical; used in medicine and in the study of insects.
- The nurse withdrew the stylet once the tube was in place.
- An aphid pushes its stylet into the leaf to reach the sap.
- The surgeon slid a thin stylet along the wound.
- A stylet kept the narrow catheter from bending.
- Under the lens, the stylet of the insect looked like a hair-fine needle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STYLET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STYLET
1 longer words begin with STYLET.
Shorter words from the letters in STYLET
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Common questions about STYLET
- Is STYLET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STYLET, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STYLET worth?
- STYLET is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STYLET mean?
- A slender pointed instrument or organ, such as a thin probe, a stiffening wire in a catheter, or the piercing mouthpart of an insect.
- What letters can be added to STYLET?
- STYLET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of STYLET:
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