XYLOGRAPHIC is a valid Scrabble word — 29 points
Yes. XYLOGRAPHIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 29 points in Scrabble and 31 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept XYLOGRAPHIC?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful XYLOGRAPHIC is to know. It scores 29 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for XYLOGRAPHIC
No single letter turns XYLOGRAPHIC into another word.
How XYLOGRAPHIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in XYLOGRAPHIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so XYLOGRAPHIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about XYLOGRAPHIC
- All 11 letters of XYLOGRAPHIC are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does XYLOGRAPHIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Relating to the cutting of designs into wood for printing.
The term belongs to the history of printing, where a carved block of wood was inked and pressed onto paper. A xylographic book was printed from whole carved pages rather than from movable type. Today it mostly turns up in writing about early prints.
How XYLOGRAPHIC is used
Found in art history and book history, almost never in everyday speech.
- The museum keeps a xylographic Bible printed from carved wooden pages.
- Her xylographic prints show the grain of the block in every line.
- He studied xylographic techniques used before movable type spread.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of XYLOGRAPHIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with XYLOGRAPHIC
1 longer words begin with XYLOGRAPHIC.
Shorter words from the letters in XYLOGRAPHIC
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Common questions about XYLOGRAPHIC
- Is XYLOGRAPHIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts XYLOGRAPHIC, where it scores 31 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is XYLOGRAPHIC worth?
- XYLOGRAPHIC is worth 29 points in Scrabble and 31 points in Words with Friends.
- What does XYLOGRAPHIC mean?
- Relating to the cutting of designs into wood for printing.
- What letters can be added to XYLOGRAPHIC?
- No single letter can be added to XYLOGRAPHIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of XYLOGRAPHIC:
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