DARIC is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DARIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DARIC?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DARIC is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DARIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
daricsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DARIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DARIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about DARIC
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DARIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A gold coin issued by the ancient Persian Empire, first minted under King Darius I.
A daric carried the image of a kneeling archer and served as one of the standard gold coins of the Achaemenid Persian Empire for several centuries. Merchants and mercenaries across the eastern Mediterranean accepted the daric because of its reliable weight and purity, making it useful far beyond Persian borders. Historians and numismatists now study surviving darics as evidence of Persian trade and military spending.
How DARIC is used
A specialist historical and numismatic term, encountered mainly in writing about ancient Persia or ancient coinage.
- The soldier was paid several darics for his service.
- Archaeologists uncovered a hoard of ancient darics.
- The museum displayed a daric bearing the archer design.
- Historians traced Persian trade routes through the spread of the daric.
- A single daric could buy a considerable amount of goods.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DARIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DARIC
The 5 tiles of DARIC in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with DARIC
1 longer words begin with DARIC.
Shorter words from the letters in DARIC
Common questions about DARIC
- Is DARIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DARIC, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DARIC worth?
- DARIC is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DARIC mean?
- A gold coin issued by the ancient Persian Empire, first minted under King Darius I.
- What letters can be added to DARIC?
- DARIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DARIC:
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