ALCAIC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ALCAIC 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 ALCAIC?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALCAIC is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALCAIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alcaicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALCAIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALCAIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 919,794.
What does ALCAIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A verse form of four-line stanzas in Greek and Latin poetry, named after the poet Alcaeus.
The stanza is built from a fixed pattern of two longer lines followed by two shorter ones, and the form is tied to the lyric poet Alcaeus of Mytilene. Horace made it one of the favourite measures of Latin verse, and later poets in many languages have tried to imitate it. Used as an adjective, alcaic describes anything written in that measure.
How ALCAIC is used
Found mainly in discussions of classical poetry and prosody, often in the plural as alcaics.
- The class scanned an alcaic from the third book of odes.
- Tennyson wrote an alcaic in praise of Milton.
- Each alcaic stanza follows the same strict pattern.
- He tried to render the Latin alcaic into English rhyme.
- A true alcaic is hard to keep up in a language without long and short vowels.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALCAIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALCAIC
The 6 tiles of ALCAIC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ALCAIC
3 longer words begin with ALCAIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ALCAIC
Common questions about ALCAIC
- Is ALCAIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALCAIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALCAIC worth?
- ALCAIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALCAIC mean?
- A verse form of four-line stanzas in Greek and Latin poetry, named after the poet Alcaeus.
- What letters can be added to ALCAIC?
- ALCAIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALCAIC:
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