ANALYTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ANALYTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANALYTIC?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANALYTIC is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANALYTIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
analyticsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANALYTIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANALYTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANALYTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANALYTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Based on careful examination of the separate parts of something in order to understand it.
An analytic approach breaks a problem into pieces and studies each one in turn. In philosophy the word describes a statement that is true simply because of what its words mean. Linguists also call a language analytic when it relies on word order instead of word endings.
How ANALYTIC is used
Used for reasoning that works by splitting things apart, with special senses in logic and linguistics.
- She has an analytic mind and always checks the numbers twice.
- An analytic statement such as all bachelors are unmarried needs no evidence.
- English is more analytic than Latin, which marks meaning with endings.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANALYTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANALYTIC
5 longer words begin with ANALYTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ANALYTIC
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Common questions about ANALYTIC
- Is ANALYTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANALYTIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANALYTIC worth?
- ANALYTIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANALYTIC mean?
- Based on careful examination of the separate parts of something in order to understand it.
- What letters can be added to ANALYTIC?
- ANALYTIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANALYTIC:
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