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Nyctalops

n ₁y ₄c ₃t ₁a ₁l ₁o ₁p ₃s ₁

About 3 syllables

9 letters · Rare

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

What does nyctalops mean?

We don’t have a definition for nyctalops 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 NYCTALOPS 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 NYCTALOPS worth?

Scrabble

16 pts

n ₁y ₄c ₃t ₁a ₁l ₁o ₁p ₃s ₁

Words With Friends

19 pts

n ₂y ₃c ₄t ₁a ₁l ₂o ₁p ₄s ₁

Wordfeud

18 pts

n ₁y ₄c ₄t ₁a ₁l ₁o ₁p ₄s ₁

NYT Crossplay

17 pts

n ₁y ₄c ₃t ₁a ₁l ₂o ₁p ₃s ₁

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

Words from the letters in NYCTALOPS

Best shorter words top 30 of 426

See all 426 words made from NYCTALOPS

Words that end like NYCTALOPS

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

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All words ending in -OPS

Nyctalops: quick answers

Is NYCTALOPS a valid Scrabble word?

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

How many points is NYCTALOPS worth?

NYCTALOPS scores 16 points in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends, 18 in Wordfeud and 17 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 NYCTALOPS?

You can make 426 shorter words from NYCTALOPS, such as SYNCOPAL, CALYPSO, POLYACT, CANOPY. See the full list.