RELIC is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. RELIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RELIC?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RELIC is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RELIC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RELIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RELIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does RELIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
An object that has survived from an earlier time, especially one valued for its historical or religious significance.
A relic points backward, standing for a period, a person or a practice that has otherwise passed away, which is why old buildings, tools and customs are all called relics once their original context is gone. In religious use a relic is specifically a fragment of a saint's body or belongings, kept and venerated as a sacred object. The word can also carry a mildly negative sense, describing something outdated that has simply not yet been discarded, such as a relic of a former policy. Whether sacred or ordinary, a relic always signals survival from a past that no longer exists.
How RELIC is used
Countable noun; used both for treasured historical objects and, more loosely, for anything outdated left over from the past.
- The museum displayed a bronze relic from the Roman occupation.
- Pilgrims travelled far to view the relic housed in the cathedral.
- That old law is a relic of a very different era.
- Archaeologists catalogued every relic found at the dig site.
- The rusted typewriter sat in the attic like a relic of his childhood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RELIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RELIC
11 longer words begin with RELIC.
Words with RELIC inside
4 words contain RELIC in the middle. Words that start with RELIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RELIC
Common questions about RELIC
- Is RELIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RELIC, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RELIC worth?
- RELIC is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RELIC mean?
- An object that has survived from an earlier time, especially one valued for its historical or religious significance.
- What letters can be added to RELIC?
- RELIC takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RELIC:
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