MIC is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MIC?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MIC is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MIC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MIC scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in MIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does MIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
A microphone, in the shorthand of sound work.
Mic and mike compete in writing and neither has won outright: one follows the spelling of the full word and the other follows the sound of it. Sound engineers write mic almost universally, and that is probably what will settle the question in the end.
How MIC is used
Countable: a mic, two mics. Also spelled mike.
- The mic was live for the whole conversation.
- Two mics on one stand is asking for feedback.
- He dropped the mic and the room heard it.
- A cheap mic in a good room beats the reverse.
- Engineers write mic and everybody else writes mike.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MIC
Showing 24 of 650 words that begin with MIC.
Words ending in MIC
Showing 24 of 478 words that end in MIC. Useful as a back hook: play MIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with MIC inside
Showing 24 of 615 words that contain MIC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MIC
Common questions about MIC
- Is MIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MIC, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MIC worth?
- MIC is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MIC mean?
- A microphone, in the shorthand of sound work.
- What letters can be added to MIC?
- MIC takes 6 hooks: 1 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of MIC:
Open MIC in the Word Finder