ENCLITIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ENCLITIC 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 ENCLITIC?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENCLITIC is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENCLITIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
encliticsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENCLITIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ENCLITIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ENCLITIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ENCLITIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A word or particle pronounced so lightly that it leans on the word before it.
An enclitic has no stress of its own and attaches to its host, as the negative n't does in the English word cannot, shortened to can't. Latin que, meaning and, is a classic enclitic written onto the word it follows.
How ENCLITIC is used
A linguistic term, also used as an adjective for such a word.
- In Latin the word que is an enclitic.
- The contraction n't acts as an enclitic in speech.
- An enclitic cannot stand alone at the start of a sentence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENCLITIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ENCLITIC
2 longer words begin with ENCLITIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ENCLITIC
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Common questions about ENCLITIC
- Is ENCLITIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENCLITIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENCLITIC worth?
- ENCLITIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENCLITIC mean?
- A word or particle pronounced so lightly that it leans on the word before it.
- What letters can be added to ENCLITIC?
- ENCLITIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ENCLITIC:
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