CLITIC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CLITIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLITIC?
| 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 CLITIC is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLITIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cliticsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLITIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CLITIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What stands out about CLITIC
- CLITIC 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 CLITIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A short, unstressed word that leans on a neighboring word and is pronounced as part of it.
Linguists use the term for small pieces such as the 'm in a contracted form of am, or the n't that attaches to a verb. Each one is a real word in grammar, yet in speech it has no stress of its own and merges with the word beside it. A clitic that attaches to the front is called proclitic, and one that attaches to the end is called enclitic.
How CLITIC is used
A technical term of grammar and phonology, rarely met outside linguistics.
- In the phrase she'll go, the 'll is a clitic.
- The linguist marked every clitic in the sample sentence.
- A clitic cannot stand alone and carry the stress of a sentence.
- Students often confuse a clitic with an ordinary short word.
- Many languages place a clitic directly after the first word of a clause.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLITIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLITIC
9 longer words begin with CLITIC.
Shorter words from the letters in CLITIC
Common questions about CLITIC
- Is CLITIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLITIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLITIC worth?
- CLITIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLITIC mean?
- A short, unstressed word that leans on a neighboring word and is pronounced as part of it.
- What letters can be added to CLITIC?
- CLITIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CLITIC:
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