RETRODICT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. RETRODICT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RETRODICT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RETRODICT is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RETRODICT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
retrodictsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RETRODICT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in RETRODICT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RETRODICT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RETRODICT mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To infer or explain a past event from present evidence and known laws.
Where predicting looks forward, retrodict looks back and reasons toward what must have happened. Geologists and cosmologists do it constantly when they reconstruct vanished conditions.
How RETRODICT is used
Used in science and philosophy of science, almost never in casual speech.
- Astronomers retrodict the orbit of the comet from its present path.
- Models can retrodict last winter's temperatures with fair accuracy.
- It is hard to retrodict a single cause from scattered fragments.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RETRODICT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RETRODICT
6 longer words begin with RETRODICT.
Shorter words from the letters in RETRODICT
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Common questions about RETRODICT
- Is RETRODICT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RETRODICT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RETRODICT worth?
- RETRODICT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RETRODICT mean?
- To infer or explain a past event from present evidence and known laws.
- What letters can be added to RETRODICT?
- RETRODICT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of RETRODICT:
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