DICHOTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. DICHOTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DICHOTIC?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DICHOTIC is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DICHOTIC
No single letter turns DICHOTIC into another word.
How DICHOTIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DICHOTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DICHOTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DICHOTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Involving a different sound played to each ear at the same time.
Dichotic tests are used by psychologists to study how the brain handles competing sounds. A listener wears headphones and hears separate words in the left and right ear. The word contrasts with diotic, where both ears receive the same signal.
How DICHOTIC is used
Technical; dichotic is used in hearing research and psychology.
- The dichotic experiment played two different voices at once.
- She took a dichotic listening test at the clinic.
- Researchers used dichotic presentation to study attention.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DICHOTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DICHOTIC
1 longer words begin with DICHOTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in DICHOTIC
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Common questions about DICHOTIC
- Is DICHOTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DICHOTIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DICHOTIC worth?
- DICHOTIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DICHOTIC mean?
- Involving a different sound played to each ear at the same time.
- What letters can be added to DICHOTIC?
- No single letter can be added to DICHOTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DICHOTIC:
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