IONOSPHERIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. IONOSPHERIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IONOSPHERIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IONOSPHERIC is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IONOSPHERIC
No single letter turns IONOSPHERIC into another word.
How IONOSPHERIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in IONOSPHERIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so IONOSPHERIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does IONOSPHERIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the ionosphere, the electrically charged layer of the upper atmosphere.
Radio operators care about ionospheric conditions because the layer bounces signals back to the ground. Solar storms disturb ionospheric behaviour and can disrupt long-distance contact.
How IONOSPHERIC is used
Ionospheric is used in physics, radio and space-weather reports.
- Ionospheric changes at sunset improved the radio signal.
- The satellite measured ionospheric density.
- A solar flare caused ionospheric disturbance across the region.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IONOSPHERIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IONOSPHERIC
1 longer words begin with IONOSPHERIC.
Shorter words from the letters in IONOSPHERIC
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Common questions about IONOSPHERIC
- Is IONOSPHERIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IONOSPHERIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IONOSPHERIC worth?
- IONOSPHERIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IONOSPHERIC mean?
- Relating to the ionosphere, the electrically charged layer of the upper atmosphere.
- What letters can be added to IONOSPHERIC?
- No single letter can be added to IONOSPHERIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of IONOSPHERIC:
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