HYDRIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HYDRIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYDRIC?
| 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 HYDRIC is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYDRIC
No single letter turns HYDRIC into another word.
How HYDRIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HYDRIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about HYDRIC
- HYDRIC gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HYDRIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Having or needing a large amount of moisture, as in a wet habitat.
Ecologists call soils or habitats hydric when water saturates them for long periods. In older chemistry the same word meant containing hydrogen.
How HYDRIC is used
Used in ecology, soil science and wetland mapping.
- The marsh is a hydric habitat full of reeds.
- Hydric soils stay waterlogged for much of the year.
- Plants adapted to hydric conditions grow along the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYDRIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYDRIC
1 longer words begin with HYDRIC.
Shorter words from the letters in HYDRIC
Common questions about HYDRIC
- Is HYDRIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYDRIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYDRIC worth?
- HYDRIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYDRIC mean?
- Having or needing a large amount of moisture, as in a wet habitat.
- What letters can be added to HYDRIC?
- No single letter can be added to HYDRIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HYDRIC:
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