ORTHICON is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ORTHICON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORTHICON?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORTHICON is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORTHICON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
orthiconsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORTHICON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ORTHICON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ORTHICON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ORTHICON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalhistorical
An early type of television camera tube that turned light into an electrical image signal.
The orthicon belongs to the early decades of broadcasting and was later replaced by better tubes and then by solid-state sensors. Its name now mostly survives in engineering history.
How ORTHICON is used
Orthicon is a historical engineering term found in the history of television.
- The studio camera used an orthicon tube.
- Engineers praised the orthicon for its sensitivity in dim light.
- A museum display showed a worn orthicon from the 1950s.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORTHICON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ORTHICON
1 longer words begin with ORTHICON.
Shorter words from the letters in ORTHICON
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Common questions about ORTHICON
- Is ORTHICON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORTHICON, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORTHICON worth?
- ORTHICON is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORTHICON mean?
- An early type of television camera tube that turned light into an electrical image signal.
- What letters can be added to ORTHICON?
- ORTHICON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ORTHICON:
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