OXALIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. OXALIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OXALIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OXALIC is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OXALIC
No single letter turns OXALIC into another word.
How OXALIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OXALIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does OXALIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Relating to or derived from oxalic acid, a poisonous acid found in plants such as sorrel and rhubarb.
The term usually appears in the name of the acid itself. Oxalic acid is used for cleaning, bleaching wood and removing rust stains.
How OXALIC is used
A chemistry term, found chiefly in the phrase oxalic acid.
- Oxalic acid is the compound that gives sorrel its sharp taste.
- The restorer used an oxalic solution to lighten the dark stain.
- An oxalic residue was left on the cleaned metal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OXALIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OXALIC
Common questions about OXALIC
- Is OXALIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OXALIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OXALIC worth?
- OXALIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OXALIC mean?
- Relating to or derived from oxalic acid, a poisonous acid found in plants such as sorrel and rhubarb.
- What letters can be added to OXALIC?
- No single letter can be added to OXALIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OXALIC:
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