TRICHOCYST is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. TRICHOCYST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRICHOCYST?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRICHOCYST is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRICHOCYST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
trichocystsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRICHOCYST scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in TRICHOCYST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRICHOCYST has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TRICHOCYST
- TRICHOCYST begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TRICHOCYST mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A tiny rod-like organelle in some single-celled organisms that can shoot out a thread for defence or capture.
Each trichocyst lies just under the surface of a cell such as Paramecium and discharges when the animal is threatened. Biologists describe it as a microscopic harpoon.
How TRICHOCYST is used
Used only in biology, especially when describing ciliates under the microscope.
- Under the microscope, the Paramecium fired a trichocyst at the intruder.
- Every trichocyst sits in a neat row beneath the cell membrane.
- The discharged trichocyst looked like a tiny barbed thread.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRICHOCYST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRICHOCYST
2 longer words begin with TRICHOCYST.
Shorter words from the letters in TRICHOCYST
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Common questions about TRICHOCYST
- Is TRICHOCYST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRICHOCYST, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRICHOCYST worth?
- TRICHOCYST is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRICHOCYST mean?
- A tiny rod-like organelle in some single-celled organisms that can shoot out a thread for defence or capture.
- What letters can be added to TRICHOCYST?
- TRICHOCYST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of TRICHOCYST:
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