FELSIC is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FELSIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FELSIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FELSIC is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FELSIC
No single letter turns FELSIC into another word.
How FELSIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FELSIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does FELSIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing igneous rock or minerals rich in silica, feldspar and quartz, and typically pale in colour.
The term was coined in the early twentieth century by blending parts of feldspar and silica, in contrast to mafic for dark rocks rich in magnesium and iron. Felsic magmas are thick and sticky, which tends to make volcanic eruptions of them explosive. Granite is the best-known example of a felsic rock, and continental crust is largely felsic in make-up.
How FELSIC is used
Used in geology; the opposite term is mafic.
- Granite is a classic felsic rock.
- The felsic lava was too thick to flow far from the vent.
- Geologists classed the pale outcrop as felsic after checking its quartz content.
- A felsic magma often leads to an explosive eruption.
- The textbook contrasts felsic and mafic minerals by colour and density.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FELSIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FELSIC
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Common questions about FELSIC
- Is FELSIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FELSIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FELSIC worth?
- FELSIC is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FELSIC mean?
- Describing igneous rock or minerals rich in silica, feldspar and quartz, and typically pale in colour.
- What letters can be added to FELSIC?
- No single letter can be added to FELSIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FELSIC:
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