ENDEMIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ENDEMIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENDEMIC?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENDEMIC is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENDEMIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
endemicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENDEMIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ENDEMIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 280,716.
What does ENDEMIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Native to and restricted to a particular region, or regularly found among a particular group of people.
Biologists call a species endemic when it exists naturally in one place and nowhere else, as with island wildlife. Doctors use the same word for an illness that is always present in a community at a steady level, unlike an epidemic that spikes.
How ENDEMIC is used
Applied to species, plants and diseases, and figuratively to problems that are deeply rooted in a place or system.
- This orchid is endemic to a single mountain range.
- Malaria remains endemic in parts of the tropics.
- Corruption was endemic in the old administration.
- Many endemic birds live on the remote island.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENDEMIC and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ENDEMIC
5 longer words begin with ENDEMIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ENDEMIC
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Common questions about ENDEMIC
- Is ENDEMIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENDEMIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENDEMIC worth?
- ENDEMIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENDEMIC mean?
- Native to and restricted to a particular region, or regularly found among a particular group of people.
- What letters can be added to ENDEMIC?
- ENDEMIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ENDEMIC:
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