HELIAC is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HELIAC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HELIAC?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HELIAC is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HELIAC
No single letter turns HELIAC into another word.
How HELIAC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HELIAC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does HELIAC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the sun, especially to the first rising or last setting of a star seen close to the sun.
Ancient astronomers watched for the day a star first became visible at dawn after weeks hidden in the sun's glare, and they called that event heliac. Calendars in Egypt and Greece were tied to such risings, for example that of Sirius before the flooding of the Nile. The longer form heliacal is far more common today, and heliac is met mostly in older astronomy books.
How HELIAC is used
Rare and technical; the usual modern form is heliacal.
- The heliac rising of the star marked the start of the new year.
- Farmers in the old almanac planted by the heliac setting of a bright star.
- He explained why a heliac event can only be seen near dawn or dusk.
- The scholar compared two heliac dates recorded centuries apart.
- A heliac observation requires a clear horizon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HELIAC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HELIAC
2 longer words begin with HELIAC.
Shorter words from the letters in HELIAC
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Common questions about HELIAC
- Is HELIAC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HELIAC, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HELIAC worth?
- HELIAC is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HELIAC mean?
- Relating to the sun, especially to the first rising or last setting of a star seen close to the sun.
- What letters can be added to HELIAC?
- No single letter can be added to HELIAC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HELIAC:
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