HEROICOMIC is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HEROICOMIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEROICOMIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEROICOMIC is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEROICOMIC
No single letter turns HEROICOMIC into another word.
How HEROICOMIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HEROICOMIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEROICOMIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HEROICOMIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literaryrare
Mixing lofty heroic style with comedy, so that noble language is applied to a trivial or ridiculous subject.
A heroicomic poem treats a petty quarrel as if it were a grand epic battle. The humour comes from the gap between the solemn manner and the silly matter. Critics use heroicomic mainly when talking about mock-epic literature.
How HEROICOMIC is used
Found in literary criticism, describing poems, plays and films that mock grandeur.
- Pope's famous poem about a stolen lock of hair is a heroicomic masterpiece.
- The film has a heroicomic tone, treating a village feud like a war.
- He wrote a heroicomic account of the office tea-rota dispute.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEROICOMIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEROICOMIC
1 longer words begin with HEROICOMIC.
Shorter words from the letters in HEROICOMIC
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Common questions about HEROICOMIC
- Is HEROICOMIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEROICOMIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEROICOMIC worth?
- HEROICOMIC is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEROICOMIC mean?
- Mixing lofty heroic style with comedy, so that noble language is applied to a trivial or ridiculous subject.
- What letters can be added to HEROICOMIC?
- No single letter can be added to HEROICOMIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HEROICOMIC:
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