ENATIC is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ENATIC 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 ENATIC?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENATIC is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENATIC
Front hooks — 1
venaticBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ENATIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ENATIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,033.
What stands out about ENATIC
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ENATIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
raretechnical
Related to a person through the mother's line, as opposed to the father's.
Enatic sits alongside the more familiar term agnatic, which covers relatives traced through the father, and the two words divide a family tree into its maternal and paternal halves. The distinction matters most in genealogy, older inheritance law, and descriptions of kinship systems, where it can decide which relatives count for a title, a name, or a claim. A cousin linked to you only through your mother's side is your enatic relative, however distant the connection.
How ENATIC is used
Chiefly a technical term in genealogy, anthropology, and older legal writing rather than everyday speech.
- Under the old rule, only his enatic relatives could inherit the family land.
- The researcher mapped the village's enatic ties before turning to the paternal line.
- She was his enatic cousin, descended from his mother's sister.
- The court had to decide whether an enatic nephew counted as next of kin.
- Genealogists sometimes separate a family chart into agnatic and enatic branches.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENATIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ENATIC
The 6 tiles of ENATIC in a different order — 3 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ENATIC
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Common questions about ENATIC
- Is ENATIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENATIC, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENATIC worth?
- ENATIC is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENATIC mean?
- Related to a person through the mother's line, as opposed to the father's.
- What letters can be added to ENATIC?
- ENATIC takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ENATIC:
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