NIOBIC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NIOBIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NIOBIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIOBIC is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIOBIC
No single letter turns NIOBIC into another word.
How NIOBIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NIOBIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does NIOBIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Relating to or containing niobium, a grey metal used in alloys, especially in its higher valence state.
Chemists have long used niobic in the names of compounds, the best known being niobic acid, which is formed when niobium compounds are treated with acids. The element was once called columbium, so older books may call the same material columbic. Modern texts more often write niobium oxide, and niobic now turns up mainly in older or specialist literature.
How NIOBIC is used
Technical; appears in older chemistry texts.
- The old textbook described the niobic acid in detail.
- A white niobic precipitate settled in the flask.
- The niobic compound resisted every acid they tried.
- She searched the archive for papers on niobic salts.
- In the report, niobic oxide was dissolved first.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIOBIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NIOBIC
The 6 tiles of NIOBIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in NIOBIC
Common questions about NIOBIC
- Is NIOBIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIOBIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIOBIC worth?
- NIOBIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIOBIC mean?
- Relating to or containing niobium, a grey metal used in alloys, especially in its higher valence state.
- What letters can be added to NIOBIC?
- No single letter can be added to NIOBIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NIOBIC:
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