SYNC is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SYNC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SYNC?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYNC is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYNC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SYNC scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SYNC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does SYNC mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
The state of things happening together.
Sync is a clipping from film editing, where picture and sound had to be aligned by hand. Computing borrowed it wholesale and the older spelling with an h has almost vanished.
How SYNC is used
Uncountable. Also a verb: synced, syncs.
- The sound is out of sync by half a second.
- The word sync came from film editing.
- They synced the two folders overnight.
- Computing borrowed sync from the cutting room.
- An older spelling of sync had an h in it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYNC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SYNC
Showing 24 of 109 words that begin with SYNC.
Words ending in SYNC
1 words end in SYNC. Useful as a back hook: play SYNC onto a word already on the board.
Words with SYNC inside
Showing 24 of 33 words that contain SYNC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SYNC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SYNC
Common questions about SYNC
- Is SYNC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYNC, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYNC worth?
- SYNC is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYNC mean?
- The state of things happening together.
- What letters can be added to SYNC?
- SYNC takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SYNC:
Open SYNC in the Word Finder