Cycloid
7 lettersadjectiverareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Relating to or describing the curved path traced by a point on the rim of a circle as it rolls along a straight line.
“The mathematician demonstrated how a cycloid curve could be drawn using a rolling coin on a ruler.”
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cy·cloid
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Contains Y and ends in -OID, the CY opening and OI vowel pair are distinctive patterns
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Worth 13 points, the Y and D add tile value and this specialist term scores well
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