MORAINIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MORAINIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MORAINIC?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MORAINIC is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MORAINIC
No single letter turns MORAINIC into another word.
How MORAINIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MORAINIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MORAINIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MORAINIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a moraine, a mass of rock and earth left by a glacier.
Geologists call a ridge morainic when it was heaped up by moving ice. Lakes held back by such deposits are a typical morainic feature of mountain valleys.
How MORAINIC is used
A term of geology and physical geography.
- The valley is dammed by a morainic ridge.
- Morainic deposits cover much of the northern plain.
- They studied the morainic soil for traces of ancient ice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MORAINIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MORAINIC
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Common questions about MORAINIC
- Is MORAINIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MORAINIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MORAINIC worth?
- MORAINIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MORAINIC mean?
- Relating to a moraine, a mass of rock and earth left by a glacier.
- What letters can be added to MORAINIC?
- No single letter can be added to MORAINIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MORAINIC:
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