DICHROIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. DICHROIC 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 DICHROIC?
| 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 DICHROIC 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 DICHROIC
No single letter turns DICHROIC into another word.
How DICHROIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DICHROIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DICHROIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DICHROIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Showing two different colours depending on the angle of view or the direction of polarised light.
A dichroic crystal can look blue from one side and yellow from another. Dichroic glass is used in jewellery, lamps, and filters because it reflects one colour and lets another pass through. The term comes from optics and mineralogy.
How DICHROIC is used
Technical; dichroic describes certain crystals, glass, and filters.
- The dichroic glass shifted from green to purple as she turned it.
- A dichroic filter separated the beam into two colours.
- Tourmaline is a dichroic mineral with strong colour change.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DICHROIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DICHROIC
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Common questions about DICHROIC
- Is DICHROIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DICHROIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DICHROIC worth?
- DICHROIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DICHROIC mean?
- Showing two different colours depending on the angle of view or the direction of polarised light.
- What letters can be added to DICHROIC?
- No single letter can be added to DICHROIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DICHROIC:
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