DELTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DELTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DELTIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DELTIC is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DELTIC
No single letter turns DELTIC into another word.
How DELTIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DELTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does DELTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Relating to a delta, meaning the fan-shaped land built up where a river meets the sea.
Geographers reach for this adjective when describing the silt, channels and marshes of a river mouth. Deltic is a rare, shortened cousin of the more usual deltaic, and some wordlists treat the two as interchangeable. The root is the Greek letter delta, whose triangular shape gave the landform its name.
How DELTIC is used
Rare; deltaic is the form most writers choose.
- The survey mapped the deltic plain south of the town.
- Rich deltic soils made the region a centre of rice farming.
- Engineers studied the deltic channels for signs of shifting.
- The deltic marshes shelter thousands of migrating birds.
- Her thesis described the deltic deposits laid down over centuries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DELTIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DELTIC
The 6 tiles of DELTIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in DELTIC
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Common questions about DELTIC
- Is DELTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DELTIC, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DELTIC worth?
- DELTIC is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DELTIC mean?
- Relating to a delta, meaning the fan-shaped land built up where a river meets the sea.
- What letters can be added to DELTIC?
- No single letter can be added to DELTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DELTIC:
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