HUIC is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HUIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HUIC?
| 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 HUIC is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUIC
No single letter turns HUIC into another word.
How HUIC scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HUIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does HUIC mean in Scrabble?
interjection
archaic
A call used to urge hounds on.
Huic is a hunting cry and belongs entirely to the field, where it was shouted rather than written down. It survives in word lists long after the practice that produced it stopped being described.
How HUIC is used
Used alone as a call. Archaic.
- Huic was shouted and never written.
- The word huic urged hounds forward.
- A huntsman used huic and a whip together.
- Word lists keep huic long after the practice went.
- Huic belongs to the field and to nowhere else.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HUIC
Common questions about HUIC
- Is HUIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HUIC, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HUIC worth?
- HUIC is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUIC mean?
- A call used to urge hounds on.
- What letters can be added to HUIC?
- No single letter can be added to HUIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HUIC:
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