DELPHIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DELPHIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DELPHIC?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DELPHIC is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DELPHIC
No single letter turns DELPHIC into another word.
How DELPHIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DELPHIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What does DELPHIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Relating to the ancient Greek oracle at Delphi, or deliberately obscure and hard to interpret like its prophecies.
A delphic remark sounds meaningful but can be read several ways, much as the oracle's pronouncements could. People use delphic to describe cryptic hints from politicians, critics or fortune-tellers.
How DELPHIC is used
The word delphic is often used with words like utterance, pronouncement or reply.
- The minister gave a delphic answer that satisfied nobody.
- Visitors climbed to the delphic temple on the slope of Parnassus.
- Her delphic note said only that everything would change.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DELPHIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DELPHIC
1 longer words begin with DELPHIC.
Shorter words from the letters in DELPHIC
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Common questions about DELPHIC
- Is DELPHIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DELPHIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DELPHIC worth?
- DELPHIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DELPHIC mean?
- Relating to the ancient Greek oracle at Delphi, or deliberately obscure and hard to interpret like its prophecies.
- What letters can be added to DELPHIC?
- No single letter can be added to DELPHIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DELPHIC:
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