SYNCOPE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SYNCOPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SYNCOPE?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYNCOPE is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYNCOPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
syncopesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SYNCOPE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SYNCOPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 868,466.
What does SYNCOPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A brief loss of consciousness caused by a sudden fall in blood pressure; a faint.
Doctors prefer syncope to the everyday word faint when they describe the event in notes. In language study the same word names the dropping of a sound from the middle of a word, as when never becomes ne'er. The two senses are unrelated apart from the shared spelling.
How SYNCOPE is used
Syncope is a medical term for fainting and a linguistic term for losing a middle sound.
- The patient described an episode of syncope after standing up quickly.
- Syncope can follow long periods of heat or stress.
- The poet used syncope to squeeze the line into the rhythm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYNCOPE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SYNCOPE
1 longer words begin with SYNCOPE.
Shorter words from the letters in SYNCOPE
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Common questions about SYNCOPE
- Is SYNCOPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYNCOPE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYNCOPE worth?
- SYNCOPE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYNCOPE mean?
- A brief loss of consciousness caused by a sudden fall in blood pressure; a faint.
- What letters can be added to SYNCOPE?
- SYNCOPE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SYNCOPE:
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