HECTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HECTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HECTIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HECTIC is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HECTIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hecticsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HECTIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HECTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 919,794.
What does HECTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Full of rushed, frantic activity, with far too much to do in too little time.
People call a day, a schedule or a workplace hectic when everything seems to happen at once and there is no pause to catch a breath. The word first described a lingering, wasting fever that left the cheeks flushed. That medical sense survives in older writing, but the everyday meaning of busy and chaotic has taken over almost completely.
How HECTIC is used
Common in everyday English for schedules, weeks, mornings and workplaces; the old fever sense is now confined to historical or medical writing.
- The hectic week before the wedding left no time for sleep.
- She loves the quiet of the cabin after a hectic month in the city.
- Mornings at the clinic are hectic from the moment the doors open.
- A hectic flush rose in the patient's cheeks as the fever climbed.
- We kept a hectic pace all the way to the finish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HECTIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HECTIC
4 longer words begin with HECTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in HECTIC
Common questions about HECTIC
- Is HECTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HECTIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HECTIC worth?
- HECTIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HECTIC mean?
- Full of rushed, frantic activity, with far too much to do in too little time.
- What letters can be added to HECTIC?
- HECTIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HECTIC:
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