PERIOTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PERIOTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERIOTIC?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERIOTIC is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERIOTIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
perioticsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PERIOTIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PERIOTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERIOTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERIOTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Situated around the ear, especially the inner ear.
Anatomists use periotic for the bony capsule that encloses the inner ear and for the bones fused to form it. As a noun the same word names that bone, which in some animals is dense and separate from the skull.
How PERIOTIC is used
Periotic is a technical anatomy term, common in descriptions of skulls and fossils.
- The periotic bone of a whale is very dense.
- Researchers studied the periotic region of the fossil skull.
- A periotic capsule surrounds the delicate organs of hearing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERIOTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PERIOTIC
1 longer words begin with PERIOTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in PERIOTIC
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Common questions about PERIOTIC
- Is PERIOTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERIOTIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERIOTIC worth?
- PERIOTIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERIOTIC mean?
- Situated around the ear, especially the inner ear.
- What letters can be added to PERIOTIC?
- PERIOTIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PERIOTIC:
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