OITICICA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OITICICA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OITICICA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OITICICA is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OITICICA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
oiticicasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OITICICA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OITICICA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OITICICA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OITICICA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A South American tree whose seeds yield a drying oil used in paints and varnishes.
The oiticica grows in tropical Brazil, and its crushed seeds give an oil prized for coatings. Trade in the oil was important to makers of varnish in the twentieth century.
How OITICICA is used
Oiticica appears in botany and in discussions of industrial oils.
- The oiticica is native to the dry lands of north-eastern Brazil.
- Varnish makers once relied on oil pressed from the oiticica.
- We saw a tall oiticica at the edge of the plantation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OITICICA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OITICICA
1 longer words begin with OITICICA.
Shorter words from the letters in OITICICA
Common questions about OITICICA
- Is OITICICA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OITICICA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OITICICA worth?
- OITICICA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OITICICA mean?
- A South American tree whose seeds yield a drying oil used in paints and varnishes.
- What letters can be added to OITICICA?
- OITICICA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OITICICA:
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