RANCID is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. RANCID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RANCID?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RANCID is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RANCID
No single letter turns RANCID into another word.
How RANCID scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RANCID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does RANCID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having the sour, unpleasant taste or smell of fats and oils that have gone bad.
Butter, nuts and cooking oil turn rancid when their fats react with air over time, and the change is easy to taste. It differs from rotten in that it describes oily food and not decayed flesh or plants. The word comes from the Latin rancidus, meaning stinking. It is also used figuratively for anything sour or hateful, such as a rancid remark.
How RANCID is used
Mostly used of fats and oils, with a figurative use for anything unpleasant.
- The butter had been left out and tasted rancid.
- A rancid smell came from the old bag of nuts.
- Rancid oil can ruin an otherwise good dish.
- He pushed the rancid crackers away.
- Their quarrel left a rancid feeling in the room.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RANCID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RANCID
7 longer words begin with RANCID.
Shorter words from the letters in RANCID
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Common questions about RANCID
- Is RANCID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RANCID, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RANCID worth?
- RANCID is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RANCID mean?
- Having the sour, unpleasant taste or smell of fats and oils that have gone bad.
- What letters can be added to RANCID?
- No single letter can be added to RANCID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RANCID:
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