MELIC is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MELIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MELIC?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MELIC is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MELIC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MELIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MELIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does MELIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Meant to be sung; describing lyric poetry, especially of ancient Greece, that was composed to be performed with music.
Melic poetry was written for solo or choral singing rather than plain recitation, and ancient Greek poets such as Sappho and Pindar are still called melic poets by literary scholars today. The word comes from the Greek melos, meaning song, and is now used mainly in classical scholarship rather than everyday speech. This distinguishes melic poetry from epic and dramatic verse, which were recited or spoken rather than sung to musical accompaniment.
How MELIC is used
Specialist literary and classical term, mostly seen in the phrase melic poetry or melic poet.
- The professor lectured on the melic verse of ancient Lesbos.
- Sappho remains the best-known melic poet from antiquity.
- Melic compositions were originally performed with a lyre.
- The anthology gathered melic fragments from several lost works.
- Scholars still debate how the melic meter should be reconstructed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MELIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MELIC
The 5 tiles of MELIC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MELIC
5 longer words begin with MELIC.
Words ending in MELIC
2 words end in MELIC. Useful as a back hook: play MELIC onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in MELIC
Common questions about MELIC
- Is MELIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MELIC, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MELIC worth?
- MELIC is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MELIC mean?
- Meant to be sung; describing lyric poetry, especially of ancient Greece, that was composed to be performed with music.
- What letters can be added to MELIC?
- MELIC takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MELIC:
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