HOLANDRIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HOLANDRIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOLANDRIC?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOLANDRIC is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOLANDRIC
No single letter turns HOLANDRIC into another word.
How HOLANDRIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HOLANDRIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOLANDRIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HOLANDRIC
- All 9 letters of HOLANDRIC are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HOLANDRIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a trait or gene carried on the Y chromosome and therefore passed only from father to son.
Holandric inheritance follows the male line alone, which is why women never show such traits. Geneticists study holandric markers to trace paternal ancestry.
How HOLANDRIC is used
A technical term of genetics, usually before the nouns gene, trait or inheritance.
- The holandric gene appeared in every male descendant.
- Researchers described a rare holandric trait in the family.
- Holandric inheritance cannot pass through a daughter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOLANDRIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOLANDRIC
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Common questions about HOLANDRIC
- Is HOLANDRIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOLANDRIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOLANDRIC worth?
- HOLANDRIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOLANDRIC mean?
- Describing a trait or gene carried on the Y chromosome and therefore passed only from father to son.
- What letters can be added to HOLANDRIC?
- No single letter can be added to HOLANDRIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HOLANDRIC:
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