RELICT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RELICT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RELICT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RELICT is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RELICT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
relictsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RELICT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RELICT, 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 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does RELICT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A living thing or feature that survives from an earlier age or from conditions that have since disappeared.
Biologists use relict for a species that persists in a small area after its once-wide range has vanished, such as a cold-loving plant stranded on a mountaintop. The word also covers landforms and customs left over from a former era. In older English texts a relict could mean a widow, the person "left behind" by a husband.
How RELICT is used
Technical in science writing; the widow sense is found only in old legal and historical documents.
- The lake holds a relict population of arctic fish.
- This ridge is a relict of a vanished glacier.
- Botanists prize every relict stand of the original forest.
- The ceremony is a relict from a much older festival.
- A relict of the old coastline lies far inland.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RELICT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RELICT
3 longer words begin with RELICT.
Shorter words from the letters in RELICT
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Common questions about RELICT
- Is RELICT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RELICT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RELICT worth?
- RELICT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RELICT mean?
- A living thing or feature that survives from an earlier age or from conditions that have since disappeared.
- What letters can be added to RELICT?
- RELICT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RELICT:
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