CUPRIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CUPRIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUPRIC?
| 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 CUPRIC is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUPRIC
No single letter turns CUPRIC into another word.
How CUPRIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CUPRIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,759 thousand.
What stands out about CUPRIC
- CUPRIC 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 CUPRIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Containing copper with a valency of two, as in compounds where each copper atom has lost two electrons.
Chemists use cupric for compounds of copper in its second oxidation state, in contrast to cuprous, which names the first. Copper sulfate, the bright blue crystals seen in school laboratories, is a cupric salt, and so is the green patina on old roofs. The word comes from Latin cuprum, the old name of the metal.
How CUPRIC is used
A technical term used in older chemistry texts; newer ones write copper(II).
- Blue crystals of cupric sulfate dissolved in the water.
- The teacher added a cupric solution to the test tube.
- A cupric salt colours the flame a vivid green.
- The cupric compound reacted quickly with the iron nail.
- Old textbooks call this compound cupric chloride.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUPRIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CUPRIC
Common questions about CUPRIC
- Is CUPRIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUPRIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUPRIC worth?
- CUPRIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUPRIC mean?
- Containing copper with a valency of two, as in compounds where each copper atom has lost two electrons.
- What letters can be added to CUPRIC?
- No single letter can be added to CUPRIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CUPRIC:
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