ELENCTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ELENCTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELENCTIC?
| 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 ELENCTIC is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELENCTIC
No single letter turns ELENCTIC into another word.
How ELENCTIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ELENCTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ELENCTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ELENCTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Serving to refute or cross-examine an argument by showing its conclusion to be false.
Elenctic reasoning goes back to the Socratic method, in which questions expose contradictions in an opponent's claims. The adjective is now chiefly met in philosophy and theology.
How ELENCTIC is used
A learned word used in philosophy for refutation by questioning.
- Socrates is known for his elenctic style of questioning.
- The essay criticised the elenctic method as too negative.
- An elenctic argument leaves the opponent with a contradiction.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELENCTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ELENCTIC
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Common questions about ELENCTIC
- Is ELENCTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELENCTIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELENCTIC worth?
- ELENCTIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELENCTIC mean?
- Serving to refute or cross-examine an argument by showing its conclusion to be false.
- What letters can be added to ELENCTIC?
- No single letter can be added to ELENCTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ELENCTIC:
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