ICTUS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ICTUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ICTUS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ICTUS is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ICTUS
Front hooks — 1
rictusBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ICTUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ICTUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about ICTUS
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ICTUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalmedical
The rhythmic stress falling on a syllable in a line of verse or music, or, in medicine, a sudden attack such as a stroke or seizure.
In poetry and music, an ictus marks the beat that a reader or performer naturally emphasises within a metrical foot, helping to establish the rhythm of a line. Scholars analysing classical verse often mark where the ictus falls to show how the spoken stress interacts with the formal pattern of long and short syllables. In medicine the same word describes a sudden episode of illness, most often used for a stroke, and both senses share the underlying Latin idea of a sudden blow or beat.
How ICTUS is used
Chiefly a technical term, used in the study of poetic metre and, separately, in clinical medicine for a stroke or seizure.
- The scholar marked the ictus above each stressed syllable in the poem.
- Readers naturally place the ictus on the first beat of the line.
- The neurologist described the sudden ictus as a mild stroke.
- Musicians discussed where the ictus should fall in the phrase.
- An ictus of this kind can leave temporary weakness on one side of the body.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ICTUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ICTUS
The 5 tiles of ICTUS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ICTUS
1 longer words begin with ICTUS.
Words ending in ICTUS
2 words end in ICTUS. Useful as a back hook: play ICTUS onto a word already on the board.
Words with ICTUS inside
2 words contain ICTUS in the middle. Words that start with ICTUS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ICTUS
Common questions about ICTUS
- Is ICTUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ICTUS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ICTUS worth?
- ICTUS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ICTUS mean?
- The rhythmic stress falling on a syllable in a line of verse or music, or, in medicine, a sudden attack such as a stroke or seizure.
- What letters can be added to ICTUS?
- ICTUS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ICTUS:
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