STYPSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. STYPSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STYPSIS?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STYPSIS is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STYPSIS
No single letter turns STYPSIS into another word.
How STYPSIS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in STYPSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,527 thousand.
What stands out about STYPSIS
- STYPSIS gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
- STYPSIS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does STYPSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The use or action of a styptic, a substance that stops bleeding by contracting tissue.
Stypsis names the process rather than the substance, so it appears in old medical texts about checking blood flow. It is related to the better known adjective styptic.
How STYPSIS is used
Stypsis is a rare technical word of older medicine.
- The surgeon recommended stypsis to stop the oozing.
- Alum was used in stypsis of minor shaving cuts.
- The manual describes stypsis in great detail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STYPSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STYPSIS
1 longer words begin with STYPSIS.
Shorter words from the letters in STYPSIS
Common questions about STYPSIS
- Is STYPSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STYPSIS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STYPSIS worth?
- STYPSIS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STYPSIS mean?
- The use or action of a styptic, a substance that stops bleeding by contracting tissue.
- What letters can be added to STYPSIS?
- No single letter can be added to STYPSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of STYPSIS:
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