OXIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. OXIC 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 OXIC?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OXIC is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OXIC
Front hooks — 1
toxicBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OXIC scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OXIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does OXIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Containing oxygen.
Oxic is used in ecology and geology about water or sediment with enough oxygen for ordinary life. The opposite is far commoner in print, because it is the condition worth remarking on.
How OXIC is used
Before the noun. Chiefly technical.
- An oxic layer sits above an anoxic one.
- The word oxic describes water with oxygen in it.
- Two oxic zones separated by a dead band.
- Oxic conditions support ordinary life and anoxic do not.
- Sediment turns from oxic to anoxic within centimetres.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OXIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in OXIC
23 words end in OXIC. Useful as a back hook: play OXIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with OXIC inside
Showing 24 of 89 words that contain OXIC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OXIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OXIC
Common questions about OXIC
- Is OXIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OXIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OXIC worth?
- OXIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OXIC mean?
- Containing oxygen.
- What letters can be added to OXIC?
- OXIC takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OXIC:
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