SYMPATRIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. SYMPATRIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SYMPATRIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYMPATRIC is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYMPATRIC
No single letter turns SYMPATRIC into another word.
How SYMPATRIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SYMPATRIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SYMPATRIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SYMPATRIC
- All 9 letters of SYMPATRIC are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SYMPATRIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing species or populations that live in the same or overlapping areas.
Two sympatric species may share a forest yet avoid competing by eating different foods. Biologists also speak of sympatric speciation, where a new species forms without being separated by geography. The opposite term is allopatric.
How SYMPATRIC is used
A biology term for shared habitat or for speciation without a geographic barrier.
- The two finches are sympatric across the island.
- Researchers studied sympatric populations of beetles.
- Sympatric species often divide the food supply between them.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYMPATRIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SYMPATRIC
1 longer words begin with SYMPATRIC.
Shorter words from the letters in SYMPATRIC
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Common questions about SYMPATRIC
- Is SYMPATRIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYMPATRIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYMPATRIC worth?
- SYMPATRIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYMPATRIC mean?
- Describing species or populations that live in the same or overlapping areas.
- What letters can be added to SYMPATRIC?
- No single letter can be added to SYMPATRIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SYMPATRIC:
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