EXCITONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. EXCITONIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXCITONIC?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXCITONIC is to know. It scores 20 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXCITONIC
No single letter turns EXCITONIC into another word.
How EXCITONIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in EXCITONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EXCITONIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EXCITONIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to an exciton, a bound pair of an electron and a hole in a crystal.
Excitonic effects matter in semiconductors and solar materials, where light creates these electron-hole pairs before they separate or recombine. The term is used in physics papers.
How EXCITONIC is used
Excitonic is specialist physics vocabulary, used with words such as transition, emission or state.
- The team measured excitonic emission at low temperature.
- An excitonic transition appears as a sharp peak in the spectrum.
- Excitonic binding is stronger in thin layers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXCITONIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EXCITONIC
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Common questions about EXCITONIC
- Is EXCITONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXCITONIC, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXCITONIC worth?
- EXCITONIC is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXCITONIC mean?
- Relating to an exciton, a bound pair of an electron and a hole in a crystal.
- What letters can be added to EXCITONIC?
- No single letter can be added to EXCITONIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of EXCITONIC:
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