ONTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ONTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ONTIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ONTIC is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ONTIC
Front hooks — 1
ponticBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ONTIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ONTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does ONTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to actual existence or the nature of being itself, as distinct from the study of the concept of being.
Philosophers draw a line between an ontic question, which asks what actually exists and what facts hold about those things, and a broader theoretical question about the structure and meaning of existence in general. Twentieth-century writing on the subject helped fix this distinction, and ontic now appears mainly in careful academic argument rather than everyday conversation.
How ONTIC is used
A specialist term used mainly in philosophy to describe questions about entities themselves rather than about the concept of being.
- The paper draws a sharp line between ontic facts and abstract theory.
- An ontic question asks simply what exists, not what existence means.
- Philosophers debate whether consciousness is an ontic or merely a conceptual matter.
- Her thesis explores the ontic status of mathematical objects.
- The lecture opened with a classic distinction between the ontic and the theoretical.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ONTIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ONTIC
The 5 tiles of ONTIC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ONTIC
1 longer words begin with ONTIC.
Words ending in ONTIC
22 words end in ONTIC. Useful as a back hook: play ONTIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with ONTIC inside
Showing 24 of 31 words that contain ONTIC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ONTIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ONTIC
Common questions about ONTIC
- Is ONTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ONTIC, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ONTIC worth?
- ONTIC is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ONTIC mean?
- Relating to actual existence or the nature of being itself, as distinct from the study of the concept of being.
- What letters can be added to ONTIC?
- ONTIC takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ONTIC:
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