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Hectocotylus

h ₄e ₁c ₃t ₁o ₁c ₃o ₁t ₁y ₄l ₁u ₁s ₁

About 5 syllables

12 letters · Uncommon

Scrabble US & Canada : not valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : not valid
Wordle : not valid

What does hectocotylus mean?

We don’t have a definition for hectocotylus yet. It appears in the game word lists marked below, so it is playable even without a dictionary meaning. That is common for rare, regional and technical words.

Is HECTOCOTYLUS a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	No
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	No
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is HECTOCOTYLUS worth?

Scrabble

22 pts

h ₄e ₁c ₃t ₁o ₁c ₃o ₁t ₁y ₄l ₁u ₁s ₁

Words With Friends

24 pts

h ₃e ₁c ₄t ₁o ₁c ₄o ₁t ₁y ₃l ₂u ₂s ₁

Wordfeud

25 pts

h ₄e ₁c ₄t ₁o ₁c ₄o ₁t ₁y ₄l ₁u ₂s ₁

NYT Crossplay

23 pts

h ₃e ₁c ₃t ₁o ₁c ₃o ₁t ₁y ₄l ₂u ₂s ₁

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in HECTOCOTYLUS

Best shorter words top 30 of 678

See all 678 words made from HECTOCOTYLUS

Words that end like HECTOCOTYLUS

Common words that share the ending -YLUS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

stylus

All words ending in -YLUS

Hectocotylus: quick answers

Is HECTOCOTYLUS a valid Scrabble word?

Only in Collins. HECTOCOTYLUS is valid in Scrabble outside North America (Collins/SOWPODS) but not in the North American NWL list.

How many points is HECTOCOTYLUS worth?

HECTOCOTYLUS scores 22 points in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends, 25 in Wordfeud and 23 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What words can you make with the letters in HECTOCOTYLUS?

You can make 678 shorter words from HECTOCOTYLUS, such as CHOLECYST, CLUTCHY, LECYTHUS, YECCHS. See the full list.