PELORIC is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PELORIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PELORIC?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PELORIC is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PELORIC
No single letter turns PELORIC into another word.
How PELORIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PELORIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 192,992.
What does PELORIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Showing peloria, an unusual regular symmetry in a flower that is normally irregular.
A peloric bloom looks like a different shape from its parent, because the usual lopsided petals come out evenly arranged. Growers sometimes prize these oddities for their strange appearance.
How PELORIC is used
Peloric is a botanical term for flowers that have turned out symmetrical by mutation.
- The gardener noticed a peloric foxglove with a ring of equal petals at the top.
- A peloric toadflax looks strikingly unlike its normal neighbours.
- Botanists photographed the peloric flower before it faded.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PELORIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PELORIC
The 7 tiles of PELORIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PELORIC
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Common questions about PELORIC
- Is PELORIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PELORIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PELORIC worth?
- PELORIC is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PELORIC mean?
- Showing peloria, an unusual regular symmetry in a flower that is normally irregular.
- What letters can be added to PELORIC?
- No single letter can be added to PELORIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PELORIC:
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