LUBRIC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LUBRIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUBRIC?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUBRIC is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUBRIC
No single letter turns LUBRIC into another word.
How LUBRIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LUBRIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does LUBRIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Slippery, or slippery in a morally shifty way.
Lubric is an old and rare adjective for something that slides away from the grip, and by extension for a person or an argument that is hard to pin down. It is the short form of lubrical and lubricous, from the Latin for slippery, and it shares its root with the modern word lubricate. Writers of earlier centuries used it for tricky arts and deceptive schemes.
How LUBRIC is used
Archaic and very rare; met in older prose.
- The old author warned against every lubric trick of the trade.
- The wet stone was lubric under his boots.
- He called the argument lubric and refused to follow it.
- A lubric path led down to the river.
- The preacher spoke against lubric promises that slip away.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUBRIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LUBRIC
19 longer words begin with LUBRIC.
Shorter words from the letters in LUBRIC
Common questions about LUBRIC
- Is LUBRIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUBRIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUBRIC worth?
- LUBRIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUBRIC mean?
- Slippery, or slippery in a morally shifty way.
- What letters can be added to LUBRIC?
- No single letter can be added to LUBRIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LUBRIC:
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