DICASTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DICASTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DICASTIC?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DICASTIC is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DICASTIC
No single letter turns DICASTIC into another word.
How DICASTIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DICASTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DICASTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DICASTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
historical
Relating to a dicast, one of the citizen jurors of ancient Athens.
Classicists use it when writing about the large Athenian courts staffed by ordinary citizens chosen by lot. Outside that field dicastic is almost unknown.
How DICASTIC is used
Scholarly and historical, tied to ancient Greek law courts.
- The dicastic system relied on lot.
- He wrote about dicastic pay in Athens.
- A dicastic court could hold hundreds of jurors.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DICASTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DICASTIC
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Common questions about DICASTIC
- Is DICASTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DICASTIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DICASTIC worth?
- DICASTIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DICASTIC mean?
- Relating to a dicast, one of the citizen jurors of ancient Athens.
- What letters can be added to DICASTIC?
- No single letter can be added to DICASTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DICASTIC:
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