ETIC is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ETIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ETIC?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ETIC is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ETIC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ETIC scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ETIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 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 ETIC
- The same 4 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 ETIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing analysis of a language or culture from an outside, objective standpoint, without reference to the distinctions its own speakers treat as meaningful.
An etic account of a language notes every sound or custom an outside observer can record. An emic account instead asks which of those differences the speakers themselves treat as significant, so etic and emic together frame how linguists and anthropologists separate raw observation from insider meaning.
How ETIC is used
Technical; used in linguistics and anthropology, rarely outside academic writing.
- The linguist took an etic approach, recording every sound without judging which ones mattered to speakers.
- An etic description lists all observable features, unlike an emic one built on the speakers' own sense of meaning.
- Her etic notes covered pronunciation details the villagers themselves never noticed.
- The course contrasted etic and emic methods in the study of ritual.
- Reviewers praised the etic precision of his phonetic transcriptions.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ETIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ETIC
The 4 tiles of ETIC in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ETIC
1 longer words begin with ETIC.
Words ending in ETIC
Showing 24 of 366 words that end in ETIC. Useful as a back hook: play ETIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with ETIC inside
Showing 24 of 460 words that contain ETIC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ETIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ETIC
Common questions about ETIC
- Is ETIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ETIC, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ETIC worth?
- ETIC is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ETIC mean?
- Describing analysis of a language or culture from an outside, objective standpoint, without reference to the distinctions its own speakers treat as meaningful.
- What letters can be added to ETIC?
- ETIC takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ETIC:
Open ETIC in the Word Finder