TRYPTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. TRYPTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRYPTIC?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRYPTIC is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRYPTIC
No single letter turns TRYPTIC into another word.
How TRYPTIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TRYPTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,470 thousand.
What stands out about TRYPTIC
- TRYPTIC gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TRYPTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to or produced by trypsin, a digestive enzyme made by the pancreas.
Tryptic is a laboratory word, as in a tryptic digest, where trypsin cuts proteins into smaller pieces. The enzyme acts on specific sites, so the fragments are predictable. Biochemists rely on this property when they study proteins.
How TRYPTIC is used
Tryptic appears in biochemistry and microbiology, often before words such as digest or soy broth.
- The tryptic digest produced short peptide fragments.
- Tryptic activity in the gut helps break down protein.
- They grew the bacteria in a tryptic broth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRYPTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TRYPTIC
Common questions about TRYPTIC
- Is TRYPTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRYPTIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRYPTIC worth?
- TRYPTIC is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRYPTIC mean?
- Relating to or produced by trypsin, a digestive enzyme made by the pancreas.
- What letters can be added to TRYPTIC?
- No single letter can be added to TRYPTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TRYPTIC:
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