ACLINIC is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ACLINIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACLINIC?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACLINIC is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACLINIC
No single letter turns ACLINIC into another word.
How ACLINIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ACLINIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,059 thousand.
What does ACLINIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Having no magnetic inclination, so that a compass needle lies horizontal.
The aclinic line is the magnetic equator, the imaginary curve around the earth where a freely balanced needle stays level. The word is used in geophysics and old navigation texts, not in daily speech.
How ACLINIC is used
Aclinic belongs to the vocabulary of geomagnetism and is usually paired with the word line.
- The survey followed the aclinic line across the ocean.
- At an aclinic point the needle does not dip at all.
- Old charts marked the aclinic belt near the equator.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACLINIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ACLINIC
Common questions about ACLINIC
- Is ACLINIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACLINIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACLINIC worth?
- ACLINIC is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACLINIC mean?
- Having no magnetic inclination, so that a compass needle lies horizontal.
- What letters can be added to ACLINIC?
- No single letter can be added to ACLINIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ACLINIC:
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