ALCOHOLIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ALCOHOLIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALCOHOLIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALCOHOLIC is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALCOHOLIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alcoholicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALCOHOLIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ALCOHOLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALCOHOLIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALCOHOLIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who is dependent on alcohol and cannot easily stop drinking it.
Doctors treat an alcoholic as someone with a medical illness, not merely a heavy drinker. As an adjective the word also describes drinks that contain alcohol.
How ALCOHOLIC is used
Noun for a person; adjective for drinks or effects involving alcohol.
- The recovering alcoholic joined a support group.
- He is an alcoholic who has been sober for five years.
- They served no alcoholic drinks at the party.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALCOHOLIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALCOHOLIC
4 longer words begin with ALCOHOLIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ALCOHOLIC
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Common questions about ALCOHOLIC
- Is ALCOHOLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALCOHOLIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALCOHOLIC worth?
- ALCOHOLIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALCOHOLIC mean?
- A person who is dependent on alcohol and cannot easily stop drinking it.
- What letters can be added to ALCOHOLIC?
- ALCOHOLIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ALCOHOLIC:
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