MONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MONIC 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 MONIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MONIC is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MONIC
No single letter turns MONIC into another word.
How MONIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does MONIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a polynomial whose leading coefficient, the number multiplying the highest power of the variable, is equal to one.
In algebra, a monic polynomial is normalized so that the term with the highest degree has a coefficient of exactly one; for example x cubed plus two x minus five is monic, while three x squared plus one is not. This normalization simplifies many results, such as stating theorems about roots and factorization, because equations involving monic polynomials avoid extra scaling constants. The term comes from the Greek monos, meaning single, referring to that single leading coefficient.
How MONIC is used
Specialist mathematical adjective; used almost exclusively in algebra and number theory.
- The professor asked the class to reduce the equation to a monic polynomial before factoring it.
- Every monic quadratic can be written as x squared plus bx plus c.
- A monic polynomial of degree three has exactly three roots, counted with multiplicity.
- Textbooks often prefer monic forms because the leading coefficient of one keeps the algebra simple.
- She proved the identity for monic polynomials before generalizing to the non-monic case.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MONIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MONIC
The 5 tiles of MONIC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MONIC
2 longer words begin with MONIC.
Words ending in MONIC
Showing 24 of 32 words that end in MONIC. Useful as a back hook: play MONIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with MONIC inside
Showing 24 of 40 words that contain MONIC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MONIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MONIC
Common questions about MONIC
- Is MONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MONIC, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MONIC worth?
- MONIC is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MONIC mean?
- Describing a polynomial whose leading coefficient, the number multiplying the highest power of the variable, is equal to one.
- What letters can be added to MONIC?
- No single letter can be added to MONIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MONIC:
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