AREIC is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. AREIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AREIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AREIC is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AREIC
No single letter turns AREIC into another word.
How AREIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AREIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,455.
What stands out about AREIC
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AREIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a region that has little or no surface drainage by rivers or streams, typically because rainfall is too low or the ground absorbs it too quickly.
Geographers apply areic to deserts and other dry landscapes where rain, when it does fall, tends to soak into the ground or evaporate rather than collecting into permanent rivers that flow to the sea. Such areic regions contrast with exoreic regions, which drain outward to an ocean, and endoreic regions, which drain inward to an interior basin or lake with no outlet at all. The classification helps hydrologists and climatologists compare how different landscapes handle limited or irregular rainfall over time. Because areic conditions depend on both climate and terrain, a single area's classification can shift if rainfall patterns change significantly.
How AREIC is used
A technical term used in physical geography and hydrology to classify drainage patterns.
- The atlas marked the central desert as an areic zone.
- Rainfall in the areic basin rarely forms a lasting stream.
- Researchers compared areic and exoreic regions across the continent.
- The areic landscape absorbed the rare storm almost without a trace.
- Maps of drainage patterns shaded areic areas in pale yellow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AREIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AREIC
The 5 tiles of AREIC in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in AREIC
Common questions about AREIC
- Is AREIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AREIC, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AREIC worth?
- AREIC is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AREIC mean?
- Describing a region that has little or no surface drainage by rivers or streams, typically because rainfall is too low or the ground absorbs it too quickly.
- What letters can be added to AREIC?
- No single letter can be added to AREIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AREIC:
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