PIONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PIONIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PIONIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIONIC is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIONIC
No single letter turns PIONIC into another word.
How PIONIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PIONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does PIONIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to or involving pions, the light subatomic particles known as pi mesons.
Pionic is used in nuclear and particle physics for processes in which pions are produced, absorbed or exchanged. Pions carry part of the force that holds protons and neutrons together in a nucleus, so pionic effects appear in discussions of nuclear structure. The word is formed from pion with the usual adjective ending.
How PIONIC is used
A specialist word of particle physics.
- The experiment measured a pionic decay of the heavy particle.
- A pionic atom has a pion orbiting in place of an electron.
- Physicists model the pionic exchange between protons and neutrons.
- The beam produced a strong pionic signal in the detector.
- Pionic effects are small but measurable in light nuclei.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIONIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PIONIC
Common questions about PIONIC
- Is PIONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIONIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIONIC worth?
- PIONIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIONIC mean?
- Relating to or involving pions, the light subatomic particles known as pi mesons.
- What letters can be added to PIONIC?
- No single letter can be added to PIONIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PIONIC:
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