ECHOLALIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ECHOLALIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ECHOLALIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ECHOLALIC is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ECHOLALIC
No single letter turns ECHOLALIC into another word.
How ECHOLALIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ECHOLALIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ECHOLALIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ECHOLALIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to echolalia, the automatic repetition of words or phrases spoken by another person.
An echolalic child may repeat a heard sentence immediately or hours later. Small babies show an early, natural kind of echoing when they copy sounds. In adults the term can point to a neurological or psychiatric condition.
How ECHOLALIC is used
Used in speech therapy, psychology and neurology.
- The echolalic patient repeated each question before answering.
- Therapists studied echolalic speech in young children.
- His echolalic habits grew less frequent over time.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ECHOLALIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ECHOLALIC
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Common questions about ECHOLALIC
- Is ECHOLALIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ECHOLALIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ECHOLALIC worth?
- ECHOLALIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ECHOLALIC mean?
- Relating to echolalia, the automatic repetition of words or phrases spoken by another person.
- What letters can be added to ECHOLALIC?
- No single letter can be added to ECHOLALIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ECHOLALIC:
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