LINCTUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LINCTUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LINCTUS?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LINCTUS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LINCTUS
No single letter turns LINCTUS into another word.
How LINCTUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in LINCTUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does LINCTUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A thick, sweet medicine, usually a cough syrup, taken by the spoonful to soothe the throat.
The word comes from the Latin for licking, because such syrups were once licked slowly. A chemist in Britain might offer a linctus for a dry cough. It sounds slightly old-fashioned beside plain cough mixture.
How LINCTUS is used
Linctus is mostly British and appears on pharmacy shelves and in older medical writing.
- He sipped a spoonful of linctus before bed.
- The pharmacist recommended a soothing linctus.
- Grandmother kept a bottle of honey linctus in the cupboard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LINCTUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LINCTUS
1 longer words begin with LINCTUS.
Shorter words from the letters in LINCTUS
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Common questions about LINCTUS
- Is LINCTUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LINCTUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LINCTUS worth?
- LINCTUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LINCTUS mean?
- A thick, sweet medicine, usually a cough syrup, taken by the spoonful to soothe the throat.
- What letters can be added to LINCTUS?
- No single letter can be added to LINCTUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of LINCTUS:
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