ERICA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ERICA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ERICA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERICA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERICA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ericasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERICA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ERICA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,455.
What stands out about ERICA
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 ERICA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A shrub of the heath family, especially one of the many low, evergreen species grown for their small, bell shaped flowers.
Gardeners plant an erica along borders and in rock gardens because the shrub stays compact and produces masses of tiny flowers in shades of pink, white, or purple, often through the winter months when little else blooms. The name comes directly from the plant's scientific genus, Erica, within the wider heath family, and includes hundreds of species found chiefly in Europe and southern Africa. Common heather, familiar from moorland landscapes, belongs to the same family and is closely related to garden varieties of erica. Nurseries usually sell an erica already labeled by its specific type, since flowering time and color vary considerably between species.
How ERICA is used
A gardening and botanical term for heath shrubs, common in nursery catalogs and books about ornamental planting.
- The garden border was lined with a low, flowering erica.
- She chose an erica that would bloom through the winter.
- Bees visited the erica bushes throughout the cool autumn.
- The nursery sold several varieties of erica in small pots.
- A hardy erica can survive frost that would kill less sturdy shrubs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERICA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ERICA
The 5 tiles of ERICA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ERICA
2 longer words begin with ERICA.
Words ending in ERICA
1 words end in ERICA. Useful as a back hook: play ERICA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ERICA inside
Showing 24 of 93 words that contain ERICA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ERICA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ERICA
Common questions about ERICA
- Is ERICA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERICA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERICA worth?
- ERICA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERICA mean?
- A shrub of the heath family, especially one of the many low, evergreen species grown for their small, bell shaped flowers.
- What letters can be added to ERICA?
- ERICA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ERICA:
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