XYSTOS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. XYSTOS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept XYSTOS?
| 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 XYSTOS is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for XYSTOS
No single letter turns XYSTOS into another word.
How XYSTOS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in XYSTOS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,070 thousand.
What stands out about XYSTOS
- XYSTOS gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does XYSTOS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A long covered colonnade in an ancient Greek gymnasium, used by athletes for exercise.
The xystos let runners and wrestlers train when weather was bad. Roman writers used a variant spelling for a garden walk.
How XYSTOS is used
Used in writing on classical architecture.
- Athletes trained in the xystos in winter.
- The xystos ran the length of the gymnasium.
- Scholars still debate the exact plan of a xystos.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of XYSTOS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in XYSTOS
Common questions about XYSTOS
- Is XYSTOS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts XYSTOS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is XYSTOS worth?
- XYSTOS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does XYSTOS mean?
- A long covered colonnade in an ancient Greek gymnasium, used by athletes for exercise.
- What letters can be added to XYSTOS?
- No single letter can be added to XYSTOS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of XYSTOS:
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