NICKELIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. NICKELIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NICKELIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NICKELIC is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NICKELIC
No single letter turns NICKELIC into another word.
How NICKELIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NICKELIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NICKELIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NICKELIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Containing nickel, especially nickel in its higher valence state.
In chemical naming nickelic compounds are set against nickelous ones, where the metal has the lower valence. A compound such as nickelic oxide therefore holds more oxygen per atom of metal.
How NICKELIC is used
Nickelic is a chemistry term used in older compound names.
- The nickelic salt dissolved to give a dark solution.
- Textbooks list nickelic oxide as a black powder.
- A nickelic compound differs from the nickelous kind in valence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NICKELIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NICKELIC
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Common questions about NICKELIC
- Is NICKELIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NICKELIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NICKELIC worth?
- NICKELIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NICKELIC mean?
- Containing nickel, especially nickel in its higher valence state.
- What letters can be added to NICKELIC?
- No single letter can be added to NICKELIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NICKELIC:
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