DIACHRONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. DIACHRONIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIACHRONIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIACHRONIC is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIACHRONIC
No single letter turns DIACHRONIC into another word.
How DIACHRONIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DIACHRONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIACHRONIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIACHRONIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Concerned with how something, especially a language, develops over the course of time.
A diachronic study follows a feature through successive periods, like tracing a word from Old English to today. It is the counterpart of synchronic study, which looks at one moment only.
How DIACHRONIC is used
Used in linguistics and other fields that study change over time.
- The book offers a diachronic account of English spelling.
- Diachronic linguistics follows sound changes across centuries.
- Her diachronic approach traced the term through five eras.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIACHRONIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIACHRONIC
1 longer words begin with DIACHRONIC.
Shorter words from the letters in DIACHRONIC
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Common questions about DIACHRONIC
- Is DIACHRONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIACHRONIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIACHRONIC worth?
- DIACHRONIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIACHRONIC mean?
- Concerned with how something, especially a language, develops over the course of time.
- What letters can be added to DIACHRONIC?
- No single letter can be added to DIACHRONIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DIACHRONIC:
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