CRETIC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CRETIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRETIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRETIC is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRETIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
creticsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRETIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CRETIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 306,598.
What stands out about CRETIC
- CRETIC 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 CRETIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A metrical foot made of one short or unstressed syllable placed between two long or stressed ones.
The pattern is long, short, long, so the middle beat dips between two strong ones. Greek and Latin poets used the cretic, and students of verse still meet it when they scan classical lines.
How CRETIC is used
A term from prosody, found in studies of classical and English metre.
- The teacher marked the line as a cretic followed by an iamb.
- A cretic gives the phrase a rocking rhythm.
- Aristotle discussed the cretic when he wrote about prose rhythm.
- She could hear the cretic in the opening words of the chant.
- Scanning the verse, he found a cretic hiding in the third foot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRETIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRETIC
1 longer words begin with CRETIC.
Shorter words from the letters in CRETIC
Common questions about CRETIC
- Is CRETIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRETIC, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRETIC worth?
- CRETIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRETIC mean?
- A metrical foot made of one short or unstressed syllable placed between two long or stressed ones.
- What letters can be added to CRETIC?
- CRETIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CRETIC:
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