BICE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BICE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BICE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BICE is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BICE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BICE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BICE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does BICE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A blue or green pigment used in painting.
Bice came from a French word meaning dark and originally described the colour rather than the material. Old recipes distinguish a blue and a green version made from different minerals.
How BICE is used
Uncountable. Chiefly historical.
- Bice was ground from mineral and never from plant.
- The word bice came from a French one meaning dark.
- Two kinds of bice are named in old recipes.
- A blue bice and a green bice were different minerals.
- Bice described a colour before it named a pigment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BICE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BICE
10 longer words begin with BICE.
Words ending in BICE
1 words end in BICE. Useful as a back hook: play BICE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BICE inside
6 words contain BICE in the middle. Words that start with BICE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BICE
Common questions about BICE
- Is BICE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BICE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BICE worth?
- BICE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BICE mean?
- A blue or green pigment used in painting.
- What letters can be added to BICE?
- BICE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BICE:
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