NECROTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. NECROTIC 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 NECROTIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NECROTIC 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 NECROTIC
No single letter turns NECROTIC into another word.
How NECROTIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NECROTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NECROTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NECROTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Describing body tissue that has died because of disease, injury or a lack of blood supply.
Doctors use necrotic for dead patches in an otherwise living organ or limb. Necrotic tissue is often grey or black and may have to be cut away so that healthy tissue can heal.
How NECROTIC is used
Necrotic is a clinical word that usually describes tissue, wounds or lesions.
- The surgeon removed the necrotic tissue from the wound.
- A necrotic patch had spread across the toe.
- Frostbite can leave the fingertips necrotic and black.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NECROTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NECROTIC
The 8 tiles of NECROTIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in NECROTIC
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Common questions about NECROTIC
- Is NECROTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NECROTIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NECROTIC worth?
- NECROTIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NECROTIC mean?
- Describing body tissue that has died because of disease, injury or a lack of blood supply.
- What letters can be added to NECROTIC?
- No single letter can be added to NECROTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NECROTIC:
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