EMIC is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. EMIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMIC?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMIC is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMIC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMIC scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in EMIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does EMIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a culture from inside it.
Emic and its opposite were coined by a linguist in 1954 by cutting two longer technical words in half. Anthropology adopted the pair and uses them constantly.
How EMIC is used
Before the noun. Contrasted with etic.
- An emic account uses the categories of the people described.
- The word emic was coined in 1954.
- Emic and its opposite were cut from longer words.
- Anthropology uses emic constantly.
- Two emic accounts of the same ritual may disagree.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EMIC
The 4 tiles of EMIC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EMIC
11 longer words begin with EMIC.
Words ending in EMIC
Showing 24 of 124 words that end in EMIC. Useful as a back hook: play EMIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with EMIC inside
Showing 24 of 196 words that contain EMIC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EMIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EMIC
Common questions about EMIC
- Is EMIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMIC, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMIC worth?
- EMIC is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMIC mean?
- Describing a culture from inside it.
- What letters can be added to EMIC?
- EMIC takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of EMIC:
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