DILEMMIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DILEMMIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DILEMMIC?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DILEMMIC is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DILEMMIC
No single letter turns DILEMMIC into another word.
How DILEMMIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DILEMMIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DILEMMIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DILEMMIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Having the nature of a dilemma, forcing a hard choice between two options.
A dilemmic situation leaves no good way out, since each choice costs something. Logicians also use the word for arguments built around a dilemma. It is much rarer than the noun it comes from.
How DILEMMIC is used
Dilemmic is a rare adjective used in philosophy and formal writing.
- The council faced a dilemmic choice between cutting jobs and raising taxes.
- Her dilemmic position left her trapped between two loyalties.
- The debate turned into a dilemmic argument with no easy exit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DILEMMIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DILEMMIC
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Common questions about DILEMMIC
- Is DILEMMIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DILEMMIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DILEMMIC worth?
- DILEMMIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DILEMMIC mean?
- Having the nature of a dilemma, forcing a hard choice between two options.
- What letters can be added to DILEMMIC?
- No single letter can be added to DILEMMIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DILEMMIC:
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