SYMPATRY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. SYMPATRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SYMPATRY?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYMPATRY is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYMPATRY
No single letter turns SYMPATRY into another word.
How SYMPATRY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SYMPATRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SYMPATRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SYMPATRY
- SYMPATRY gets by on a single vowel across 8 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SYMPATRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The living of related populations or species in the same area without merging through interbreeding.
Biologists contrast sympatry with living in separate regions, where populations are kept apart by distance. The term matters in studies of how new species arise, since sympatry shows that two groups can stay distinct while sharing a habitat.
How SYMPATRY is used
Used in evolutionary biology and ecology when describing where related species overlap in range.
- The study of sympatry in the two finch species showed how they divide the food supply.
- Sympatry is harder to explain than isolation by a mountain range.
- Researchers mapped the sympatry of both lizards across the island.
- Where sympatry occurs, the species often differ in size or call.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYMPATRY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SYMPATRY
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Common questions about SYMPATRY
- Is SYMPATRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYMPATRY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYMPATRY worth?
- SYMPATRY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYMPATRY mean?
- The living of related populations or species in the same area without merging through interbreeding.
- What letters can be added to SYMPATRY?
- No single letter can be added to SYMPATRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SYMPATRY:
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