AURIC is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. AURIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AURIC?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AURIC is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AURIC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How AURIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AURIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about AURIC
- 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 AURIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Relating to or containing gold, especially describing compounds in which gold has its higher, trivalent valence.
Chemists distinguish auric compounds, in which gold acts with a valence of three, from aurous compounds, in which gold acts with a valence of one, much as ferric and ferrous distinguish two states of iron. Auric chloride and auric oxide are among the more familiar examples encountered in older chemistry texts, though modern nomenclature increasingly favours naming gold's oxidation state directly. The word is largely confined to chemistry and mineralogy rather than everyday description of gold jewellery or coins.
How AURIC is used
A technical chemistry term, used to distinguish one oxidation state of gold from another.
- The lab prepared a solution of auric chloride for the experiment.
- Older textbooks refer to trivalent gold compounds as auric.
- Auric oxide forms when gold is oxidised under specific conditions.
- The chemist explained the difference between auric and aurous compounds.
- Auric salts were once used in early photographic processes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AURIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AURIC
The 5 tiles of AURIC in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with AURIC
12 longer words begin with AURIC.
Words ending in AURIC
4 words end in AURIC. Useful as a back hook: play AURIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with AURIC inside
3 words contain AURIC in the middle. Words that start with AURIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AURIC
Common questions about AURIC
- Is AURIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AURIC, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AURIC worth?
- AURIC is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AURIC mean?
- Relating to or containing gold, especially describing compounds in which gold has its higher, trivalent valence.
- What letters can be added to AURIC?
- AURIC takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AURIC:
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