LUDIC is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LUDIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUDIC?
| 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 LUDIC is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUDIC
No single letter turns LUDIC into another word.
How LUDIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LUDIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does LUDIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literarytechnical
Relating to play or playfulness; spontaneous, undirected activity done for its own enjoyment rather than for any practical purpose.
Scholars in fields such as psychology, education and cultural studies use ludic to describe activity driven purely by the pleasure of playing rather than by any external goal, following ideas developed by theorists who studied play as a distinct part of culture. A ludic approach to learning, for example, uses games and playful exploration rather than drills and tests, on the theory that curiosity-driven play helps ideas stick. Outside academic writing the word appears rarely, since ordinary speech reaches for playful or fun long before it reaches for ludic.
How LUDIC is used
A literary and academic word, common in writing about play, games, learning and culture rather than in everyday speech.
- The exhibit encouraged a ludic approach to modern art.
- Researchers studied the ludic behaviour of young children.
- His ludic writing style delighted in wordplay and puns.
- The course design favoured ludic learning over rote memorisation.
- Critics praised the film's ludic sense of visual humour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUDIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LUDIC
The 5 tiles of LUDIC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LUDIC
5 longer words begin with LUDIC.
Words ending in LUDIC
1 words end in LUDIC. Useful as a back hook: play LUDIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with LUDIC inside
1 words contain LUDIC in the middle. Words that start with LUDIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LUDIC
Common questions about LUDIC
- Is LUDIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUDIC, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUDIC worth?
- LUDIC is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUDIC mean?
- Relating to play or playfulness; spontaneous, undirected activity done for its own enjoyment rather than for any practical purpose.
- What letters can be added to LUDIC?
- No single letter can be added to LUDIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LUDIC:
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