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Is ecdysis a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ecdysis is a Scrabble US word. The word ecdysis is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

E1C3D2Y4S1I1S1

Is ecdysis a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ecdysis is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

E1C3D2Y4S1I1S1

Is ecdysis a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ecdysis is a Words With Friends word. The word ecdysis is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

E1C4D2Y3S1I1S1

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7-letter words (1 found)

ECDYSIS,

6-letter words (1 found)

CYESIS,

5-letter words (11 found)

CEDIS,CIDES,CISSY,DESIS,DICES,DICEY,DISCS,SCYES,SICES,SIDES,SYCES,

4-letter words (26 found)

CEDI,CESS,CIDE,CIDS,DESI,DEYS,DICE,DIES,DISC,DISS,DYES,ICED,ICES,IDES,SCYE,SECS,SEIS,SEYS,SICE,SICS,SIDE,SIES,SYCE,SYED,SYES,YIDS,

3-letter words (22 found)

CID,CIS,DEI,DEY,DIE,DIS,DYE,EDS,ESS,ICE,ICY,IDE,IDS,SEC,SED,SEI,SEY,SIC,SIS,SYE,YES,YID,

2-letter words (8 found)

DE,DI,ED,ES,ID,IS,SI,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 70 words from ecdysis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ecdysis

ecdysis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”), from ἐκδύω (ekdúō, “I take off”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + δύω (dúō, “I get in”).

Noun

ecdysis (countable and uncountable, plural ecdyses or ecdysises)

  1. The stripping off of an outer layer of skin by snakes and certain other animals; typically in accommodation to growth or wear-and-tear; as distinct from the term "moulting", not in reference to the shedding of hair or feathers.
  2. The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans.

Related terms

  • ecdysiast
  • ecdysiotropic
  • ecdysone

Source: wiktionary.org