INCANDESCE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. INCANDESCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INCANDESCE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INCANDESCE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INCANDESCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INCANDESCE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in INCANDESCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INCANDESCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INCANDESCE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technicalliterary
To glow brightly with heat, or to become white-hot.
Metals and filaments incandesce when heated enough to give off visible light. The verb is rare compared with "incandescent", but writers use it for dramatic effect.
How INCANDESCE is used
Incandesce is rare and mostly literary or scientific.
- The wire began to incandesce when the current rose.
- Iron will incandesce in the forge.
- Her eyes seemed to incandesce with anger.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INCANDESCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INCANDESCE
9 longer words begin with INCANDESCE.
Shorter words from the letters in INCANDESCE
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Common questions about INCANDESCE
- Is INCANDESCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INCANDESCE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INCANDESCE worth?
- INCANDESCE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INCANDESCE mean?
- To glow brightly with heat, or to become white-hot.
- What letters can be added to INCANDESCE?
- INCANDESCE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of INCANDESCE:
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