ACINIC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ACINIC 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 ACINIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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 ACINIC is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACINIC
No single letter turns ACINIC into another word.
How ACINIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ACINIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 613,196.
What does ACINIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Of or relating to an acinus, one of the tiny sac-like units of a gland.
Anatomists use acinic when speaking about the small clusters of cells that make up glands such as the salivary glands and the pancreas, where the secretions are first produced. It is best known from the term acinic cell carcinoma, a rare tumour that grows from these cells. The word comes from a Latin term for a berry or grape seed, which these clusters were thought to resemble.
How ACINIC is used
A medical and anatomical term; acinar is a common alternative.
- The pathologist examined the acinic tissue under the microscope.
- An acinic cell tumour is a rare form of salivary gland cancer.
- The pancreas contains many acinic structures that make digestive enzymes.
- The textbook labels the acinic cells in the second diagram.
- Damage to the acinic region reduced the gland's output.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACINIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ACINIC
Common questions about ACINIC
- Is ACINIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACINIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACINIC worth?
- ACINIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACINIC mean?
- Of or relating to an acinus, one of the tiny sac-like units of a gland.
- What letters can be added to ACINIC?
- No single letter can be added to ACINIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ACINIC:
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