ZYMIC is valid in Collins, not in North America — 21 points
It depends on the list you play by. ZYMIC is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 21 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ZYMIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZYMIC is to know. It scores 21 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZYMIC
No single letter turns ZYMIC into another word.
How ZYMIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZYMIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What stands out about ZYMIC
- The letters of ZYMIC run in reverse alphabetical order.
- ZYMIC scores 21 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ZYMIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Relating to or produced by fermentation.
Zymic comes from the Greek root for leaven, the same root behind words like enzyme and zymurgy, and it describes processes, acids, or effects that arise from fermentation, the chemical breakdown carried out by yeasts and bacteria. It is a specialist, mostly historical term found in older chemistry writing rather than everyday speech.
How ZYMIC is used
Technical and largely historical chemistry term, rarely used outside older scientific writing.
- The report described a zymic change in the stored grain.
- Early chemists studied zymic action long before yeast cells were understood.
- The wine's sourness was attributed to zymic activity gone too far.
- Older textbooks list several zymic acids formed during brewing.
- The lecture traced zymic processes back to simple sugar fermentation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZYMIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in ZYMIC
4 words end in ZYMIC. Useful as a back hook: play ZYMIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZYMIC inside
1 words contain ZYMIC in the middle. Words that start with ZYMIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZYMIC
Common questions about ZYMIC
- Is ZYMIC valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ZYMIC is not in it.
- How many points is ZYMIC worth?
- ZYMIC is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZYMIC mean?
- Relating to or produced by fermentation.
- What letters can be added to ZYMIC?
- No single letter can be added to ZYMIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZYMIC:
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