OLIGARCHIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. OLIGARCHIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OLIGARCHIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLIGARCHIC is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLIGARCHIC
No single letter turns OLIGARCHIC into another word.
How OLIGARCHIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in OLIGARCHIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OLIGARCHIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OLIGARCHIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of rule by a small group of powerful people.
Oligarchic describes a system in which a few families or elites hold real control, whatever the official constitution says. Critics call a company oligarchic when a handful of insiders make every major decision.
How OLIGARCHIC is used
Used in politics and history when discussing concentrated power.
- The city was run by an oligarchic council of wealthy merchants.
- Historians describe the old republic as oligarchic in practice.
- Voters distrusted the oligarchic habits of the party leadership.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLIGARCHIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OLIGARCHIC
2 longer words begin with OLIGARCHIC.
Shorter words from the letters in OLIGARCHIC
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Common questions about OLIGARCHIC
- Is OLIGARCHIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLIGARCHIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLIGARCHIC worth?
- OLIGARCHIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLIGARCHIC mean?
- Relating to or characteristic of rule by a small group of powerful people.
- What letters can be added to OLIGARCHIC?
- No single letter can be added to OLIGARCHIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of OLIGARCHIC:
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