SYLPHIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SYLPHIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SYLPHIC?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYLPHIC is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYLPHIC
No single letter turns SYLPHIC into another word.
How SYLPHIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SYLPHIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,948 thousand.
What stands out about SYLPHIC
- SYLPHIC gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SYLPHIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Of or like a sylph, meaning slender, graceful and light.
Sylphic borrows the lightness of the air spirits of folklore and applies it to a person or a movement. It flatters, and it is mostly met in literary or romantic description.
How SYLPHIC is used
Sylphic is a literary adjective, typically used of a woman, a dancer or a delicate figure.
- The dancer crossed the stage with sylphic ease.
- Her sylphic figure seemed to float down the stairs.
- The poet praised a sylphic grace in every gesture.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYLPHIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SYLPHIC
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Common questions about SYLPHIC
- Is SYLPHIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYLPHIC, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYLPHIC worth?
- SYLPHIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYLPHIC mean?
- Of or like a sylph, meaning slender, graceful and light.
- What letters can be added to SYLPHIC?
- No single letter can be added to SYLPHIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SYLPHIC:
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