CHEMIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CHEMIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHEMIC?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHEMIC is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHEMIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chemicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHEMIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHEMIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,759 thousand.
What stands out about CHEMIC
- CHEMIC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHEMIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An old word for a chemist or alchemist, and also a blue dye made from indigo.
In earlier centuries a chemic was a person skilled in chemistry or alchemy. The same word named a dye, sometimes called chemic blue, and as a verb it meant to bleach.
How CHEMIC is used
Chemic is rare and historical, found chiefly in old texts.
- The chemic mixed his powders in the cellar.
- The cloth was dyed with chemic.
- A chemic of the old school kept a notebook of formulas.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHEMIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHEMIC
8 longer words begin with CHEMIC.
Shorter words from the letters in CHEMIC
Common questions about CHEMIC
- Is CHEMIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHEMIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHEMIC worth?
- CHEMIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHEMIC mean?
- An old word for a chemist or alchemist, and also a blue dye made from indigo.
- What letters can be added to CHEMIC?
- CHEMIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHEMIC:
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