ORECTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ORECTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORECTIC?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORECTIC is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORECTIC
No single letter turns ORECTIC into another word.
How ORECTIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ORECTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does ORECTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Relating to desire or appetite, the drive to want and to seek satisfaction.
Philosophers once separated the mind into thinking, feeling and wanting, and this word belongs to the wanting part. Orectic is a learned term that readers seldom meet outside old philosophy and psychology.
How ORECTIC is used
Orectic is a rare learned adjective of philosophy and psychology.
- The philosopher wrote about the orectic side of human nature.
- An orectic urge drove him to taste every dish on the menu.
- Her orectic impulses were stronger than her reasoning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORECTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ORECTIC
The 7 tiles of ORECTIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ORECTIC
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Common questions about ORECTIC
- Is ORECTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORECTIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORECTIC worth?
- ORECTIC is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORECTIC mean?
- Relating to desire or appetite, the drive to want and to seek satisfaction.
- What letters can be added to ORECTIC?
- No single letter can be added to ORECTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ORECTIC:
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