ERIC is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. ERIC is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ERIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERIC is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERIC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERIC scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ERIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about ERIC
- The same 4 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 ERIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicallegalIrish
A fine formerly paid by a killer to the family of the person killed, under old Irish law.
Under early Irish law an eric let a killer settle a death with a payment to the victim's kin instead of facing blood vengeance. Historians still use eric when describing that older system of compensation.
How ERIC is used
Historical; used when describing early Irish legal custom, not in modern usage.
- Under the old law, the killer's family paid an eric to end the feud.
- The chronicle records the size of the eric owed for a chieftain's death.
- Paying an eric was meant to settle a blood debt without further violence.
- Refusal to pay an eric could reignite a quarrel between clans.
- The historian explained how an eric replaced revenge with compensation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ERIC
The 4 tiles of ERIC in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ERIC
7 longer words begin with ERIC.
Words ending in ERIC
Showing 24 of 118 words that end in ERIC. Useful as a back hook: play ERIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with ERIC inside
Showing 24 of 218 words that contain ERIC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ERIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ERIC
Common questions about ERIC
- Is ERIC valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ERIC is not in it.
- How many points is ERIC worth?
- ERIC is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERIC mean?
- A fine formerly paid by a killer to the family of the person killed, under old Irish law.
- What letters can be added to ERIC?
- ERIC takes 6 hooks: 3 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ERIC:
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