SYLLEPTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SYLLEPTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SYLLEPTIC?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYLLEPTIC is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYLLEPTIC
No single letter turns SYLLEPTIC into another word.
How SYLLEPTIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SYLLEPTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SYLLEPTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SYLLEPTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to syllepsis, a construction in which one word governs or modifies two others but fits only one of them in sense or grammar.
A sylleptic sentence is often witty, since the single verb is stretched across two unlike things, as in "she lost her keys and her temper". Grammarians distinguish it from zeugma, though many use the terms loosely.
How SYLLEPTIC is used
A specialist term from grammar and rhetoric.
- The teacher gave a sylleptic example involving a hat and a heart.
- His sylleptic humour made the sentence memorable.
- The essay listed sylleptic constructions from Dickens.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYLLEPTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SYLLEPTIC
2 longer words begin with SYLLEPTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in SYLLEPTIC
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Common questions about SYLLEPTIC
- Is SYLLEPTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYLLEPTIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYLLEPTIC worth?
- SYLLEPTIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYLLEPTIC mean?
- Relating to syllepsis, a construction in which one word governs or modifies two others but fits only one of them in sense or grammar.
- What letters can be added to SYLLEPTIC?
- No single letter can be added to SYLLEPTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SYLLEPTIC:
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