NASTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NASTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NASTIC?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NASTIC is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NASTIC
No single letter turns NASTIC into another word.
How NASTIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NASTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What stands out about NASTIC
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NASTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Relating to a plant movement that is triggered by a stimulus but whose direction is fixed by the plant itself, not by the direction of the stimulus.
A nastic response happens the same way no matter which side the stimulus comes from, unlike a tropism, where the plant bends toward or away from the source. The classic example is a Venus flytrap snapping shut when touched, or a flower closing at dusk regardless of which direction the light fades from. Botanists use nastic movements to classify plant behaviour by mechanism, separating it clearly from growth that tracks light, gravity or touch directionally.
How NASTIC is used
A specialist botanical term, used when describing or classifying how plants respond to stimuli.
- The sudden closing of the leaf was a nastic response to touch.
- Botany students learned to tell nastic movements apart from tropisms.
- The flower's nastic closing at night did not depend on where the cold air came from.
- A nastic reaction in the mimosa plant folds every leaflet within seconds.
- Her thesis compared nastic and tropic movements in several sensitive plant species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NASTIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NASTIC
The 6 tiles of NASTIC in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in NASTIC
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Common questions about NASTIC
- Is NASTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NASTIC, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NASTIC worth?
- NASTIC is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NASTIC mean?
- Relating to a plant movement that is triggered by a stimulus but whose direction is fixed by the plant itself, not by the direction of the stimulus.
- What letters can be added to NASTIC?
- No single letter can be added to NASTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NASTIC:
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