PETROLIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PETROLIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PETROLIC?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PETROLIC is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PETROLIC
No single letter turns PETROLIC into another word.
How PETROLIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PETROLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PETROLIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PETROLIC
- All 8 letters of PETROLIC are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PETROLIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to, containing or obtained from petrol or petroleum.
Petrolic is a little-used adjective that links a thing to petroleum fuel, and sometimes in British usage to cars with petrol engines. Writers more often choose petroleum or petrol on its own, which is why this form feels unusual.
How PETROLIC is used
Petrolic is uncommon and appears mostly in technical or older writing.
- A petrolic odour filled the garage.
- The chemist separated the petrolic fraction from the sample.
- Petrolic vapours are highly flammable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PETROLIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PETROLIC
The 8 tiles of PETROLIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PETROLIC
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Common questions about PETROLIC
- Is PETROLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PETROLIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PETROLIC worth?
- PETROLIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PETROLIC mean?
- Relating to, containing or obtained from petrol or petroleum.
- What letters can be added to PETROLIC?
- No single letter can be added to PETROLIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PETROLIC:
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