PLICA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PLICA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLICA?
| 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 PLICA is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLICA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLICA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PLICA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What stands out about PLICA
- The letters of PLICA run in reverse alphabetical order.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PLICA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A fold or ridge of tissue in the body, such as a crease of skin, membrane, or muscle.
Anatomists use plica for any of several natural folds found throughout the body, from a small fold inside a joint to the crescent-shaped fold of membrane at the corner of the eye. A plica often forms where tissue needs extra flexibility, allowing a joint or membrane to move without tearing, though in some cases an unusually thick or irritated plica can cause pain, particularly in the knee. The plural form, plicae, appears often in anatomy texts describing several such folds at once.
How PLICA is used
Plica is a technical anatomical term, used mainly in medical and scientific writing rather than everyday speech.
- The surgeon identified an inflamed plica inside the knee joint.
- A small plica of membrane covers part of the inner eye corner.
- The textbook diagram labeled each plica of the intestinal lining.
- Doctors sometimes remove a painful plica through minor surgery.
- The anatomy lecture described the plica found near several major joints.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLICA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PLICA
The 5 tiles of PLICA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PLICA
14 longer words begin with PLICA.
Words ending in PLICA
1 words end in PLICA. Useful as a back hook: play PLICA onto a word already on the board.
Words with PLICA inside
Showing 24 of 196 words that contain PLICA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PLICA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PLICA
Common questions about PLICA
- Is PLICA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLICA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLICA worth?
- PLICA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLICA mean?
- A fold or ridge of tissue in the body, such as a crease of skin, membrane, or muscle.
- What letters can be added to PLICA?
- PLICA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PLICA:
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