JALAPIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. JALAPIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JALAPIC?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JALAPIC is to know. It scores 18 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JALAPIC
No single letter turns JALAPIC into another word.
How JALAPIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in JALAPIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,088 thousand.
What does JALAPIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to jalap, the purgative root of a Mexican climbing plant.
Jalapic is a medical and chemical adjective found in old pharmacy texts. It describes acids and resins obtained from jalap root, and it is unrelated to the hot jalapeno pepper.
How JALAPIC is used
Very rare; found mainly in historical pharmacology.
- The old dispensary listed a jalapic resin among its purgatives.
- He read about jalapic acid in a nineteenth century manual.
- A jalapic preparation was once a common remedy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JALAPIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in JALAPIC
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Common questions about JALAPIC
- Is JALAPIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JALAPIC, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JALAPIC worth?
- JALAPIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JALAPIC mean?
- Relating to jalap, the purgative root of a Mexican climbing plant.
- What letters can be added to JALAPIC?
- No single letter can be added to JALAPIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of JALAPIC:
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