EPIC is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. EPIC 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 EPIC?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPIC is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPIC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EPIC scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in EPIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does EPIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long narrative poem about heroic deeds.
Epic is Greek for a word or a song and named a form before it named a scale. The adjective meaning very large is twentieth-century and now far outnumbers the literary use.
How EPIC is used
Countable. Also an adjective.
- An epic runs to thousands of lines by definition.
- The word epic is Greek for a song.
- Two epics survive from that period and no more.
- The sense of epic meaning huge is recent.
- Epic named a form before it named a size.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EPIC
The 4 tiles of EPIC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EPIC
Showing 24 of 87 words that begin with EPIC.
Words ending in EPIC
3 words end in EPIC. Useful as a back hook: play EPIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with EPIC inside
18 words contain EPIC in the middle. Words that start with EPIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EPIC
Common questions about EPIC
- Is EPIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPIC, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPIC worth?
- EPIC is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPIC mean?
- A long narrative poem about heroic deeds.
- What letters can be added to EPIC?
- EPIC takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of EPIC:
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