SYLLABICITY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. SYLLABICITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SYLLABICITY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYLLABICITY is to know. It scores 21 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYLLABICITY
No single letter turns SYLLABICITY into another word.
How SYLLABICITY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SYLLABICITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SYLLABICITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SYLLABICITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The property of a sound, especially a consonant, that allows it to form the core of a syllable.
In phonetics, syllabicity separates the m in a word like "rhythm" from the m in "mother", where it is only an edge of the syllable. The notion also applies to languages that build rhythm out of syllable counts. Writers on linguistics treat syllabicity as a feature to be marked, often with a small vertical line.
How SYLLABICITY is used
Mostly found in phonetics and linguistics, where it describes how sounds are organised into syllables.
- The syllabicity of the final l in "bottle" is shown with a mark under the letter.
- Some analyses claim that syllabicity is a property of the whole language rather than of single sounds.
- The student compared the syllabicity of nasals in English and Czech.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYLLABICITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SYLLABICITY
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Common questions about SYLLABICITY
- Is SYLLABICITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYLLABICITY, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYLLABICITY worth?
- SYLLABICITY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYLLABICITY mean?
- The property of a sound, especially a consonant, that allows it to form the core of a syllable.
- What letters can be added to SYLLABICITY?
- No single letter can be added to SYLLABICITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SYLLABICITY:
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