CLONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CLONIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLONIC?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLONIC is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLONIC
No single letter turns CLONIC into another word.
How CLONIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CLONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about CLONIC
- CLONIC 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 CLONIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Describing muscle movements that jerk repeatedly as the muscle tightens and relaxes in quick turns.
Doctors use clonic for spasms that come as a rapid series of jerks rather than one long stiffening. In some seizures a stiff phase is followed by a clonic phase, when the limbs shake rhythmically. The word is built on a Greek root for a violent, confused motion.
How CLONIC is used
Clinical term, normally paired with a noun such as spasm, phase or seizure.
- The patient showed a clonic twitch in the left hand.
- During the clonic phase the limbs jerked in a steady rhythm.
- A clonic spasm ran through the calf muscle.
- The report describes the seizure as tonic first, then clonic.
- She noted a clonic tremor that faded within a minute.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLONIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLONIC
2 longer words begin with CLONIC.
Shorter words from the letters in CLONIC
Common questions about CLONIC
- Is CLONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLONIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLONIC worth?
- CLONIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLONIC mean?
- Describing muscle movements that jerk repeatedly as the muscle tightens and relaxes in quick turns.
- What letters can be added to CLONIC?
- No single letter can be added to CLONIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CLONIC:
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