ITALIC is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ITALIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ITALIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ITALIC is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ITALIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
italicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ITALIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ITALIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does ITALIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
printing
Describing letters or type that slant to the right, used chiefly to add emphasis or to mark titles and foreign words.
Text set in italic type leans to the right instead of standing upright, and writers reach for it to stress a word, to mark the title of a book or film, or to set off a foreign phrase from the surrounding sentence. The style takes its name from Italy, since the Venetian printer Aldus Manutius introduced the slanted typeface around the year 1500 to fit more words onto a page. Word processors now apply italic formatting with a single keystroke, but the underlying idea is centuries old and still follows the same visual logic as the original printed page.
How ITALIC is used
Common in both handwriting and print, used for emphasis, titles, and foreign words; the opposite of upright, or roman, type.
- The editor asked the writer to set the ship's name in italic type.
- She underlined the word twice because her notebook had no italic option.
- The dictionary prints every example sentence in italic to set it apart from the definition.
- His handwriting naturally slants like italic script, even when he is not trying.
- The foreign phrase appeared in italic so readers would recognize it as borrowed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ITALIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ITALIC
13 longer words begin with ITALIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ITALIC
Common questions about ITALIC
- Is ITALIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ITALIC, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ITALIC worth?
- ITALIC is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ITALIC mean?
- Describing letters or type that slant to the right, used chiefly to add emphasis or to mark titles and foreign words.
- What letters can be added to ITALIC?
- ITALIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ITALIC:
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