ICTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ICTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ICTIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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 ICTIC is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ICTIC
No single letter turns ICTIC into another word.
How ICTIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ICTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What does ICTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to, or resulting from, a sudden stroke, seizure, or attack.
Ictic derives from ictus, the Latin word for a blow or stroke, which medicine borrowed for the sudden onset of a seizure or a cerebrovascular event. Doctors and researchers use ictic mainly in technical writing to describe symptoms, changes, or damage that occur at or immediately around the moment of such an attack, as distinct from changes that develop gradually beforehand or afterward. The word is rare outside clinical and research contexts, where more everyday phrasing such as stroke-related usually takes its place.
How ICTIC is used
Chiefly medical and technical; almost never used in ordinary speech about illness.
- The report described sudden ictic changes visible on the scan.
- Researchers compared ictic symptoms with those seen days after the event.
- The ictic phase lasted only a few seconds before the patient stabilized.
- Ictic damage to that region can explain the sudden loss of speech.
- The paper distinguished ictic effects from longer-term post-stroke changes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ICTIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in ICTIC
9 words end in ICTIC. Useful as a back hook: play ICTIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with ICTIC inside
9 words contain ICTIC in the middle. Words that start with ICTIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ICTIC
Common questions about ICTIC
- Is ICTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ICTIC, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ICTIC worth?
- ICTIC is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ICTIC mean?
- Relating to, or resulting from, a sudden stroke, seizure, or attack.
- What letters can be added to ICTIC?
- No single letter can be added to ICTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ICTIC:
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