INCALESCENT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. INCALESCENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INCALESCENT?
| 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 INCALESCENT is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INCALESCENT
No single letter turns INCALESCENT into another word.
How INCALESCENT scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in INCALESCENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INCALESCENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INCALESCENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rareliterary
Growing warm or increasing in heat or passion.
Incalescent describes something in the process of heating up, whether a metal or a mood. It is a rare word of learned, old-fashioned prose.
How INCALESCENT is used
Rare and literary; rarely met outside older texts.
- The incalescent furnace glowed through the night.
- His incalescent temper worried everyone.
- An incalescent sun rose over the plain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INCALESCENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in INCALESCENT
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Common questions about INCALESCENT
- Is INCALESCENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INCALESCENT, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INCALESCENT worth?
- INCALESCENT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INCALESCENT mean?
- Growing warm or increasing in heat or passion.
- What letters can be added to INCALESCENT?
- No single letter can be added to INCALESCENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of INCALESCENT:
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