OTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OTIC?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OTIC is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OTIC
Front hooks — 1
loticBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OTIC scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about OTIC
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicaltechnical
Relating to the ear.
Doctors use otic to describe drops, infections or conditions that involve the ear, much as ocular refers to the eye. An otic infection is simply the clinical way of naming an ear infection.
How OTIC is used
Technical and medical; mainly seen on medicine labels and in clinical writing rather than everyday speech.
- The doctor prescribed otic drops for the ear infection.
- The otic nerve carries signals from the inner ear.
- Her chart listed an otic condition affecting balance.
- The label read otic use only, not for the eyes.
- The otic canal was inflamed and painful to touch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OTIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OTIC
The 4 tiles of OTIC in a different order — 2 found.
Words ending in OTIC
Showing 24 of 215 words that end in OTIC. Useful as a back hook: play OTIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with OTIC inside
Showing 24 of 188 words that contain OTIC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OTIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OTIC
Common questions about OTIC
- Is OTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OTIC, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OTIC worth?
- OTIC is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OTIC mean?
- Relating to the ear.
- What letters can be added to OTIC?
- OTIC takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OTIC:
Open OTIC in the Word Finder