SEMATIC is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SEMATIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEMATIC?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMATIC is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMATIC
No single letter turns SEMATIC into another word.
How SEMATIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SEMATIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 171,549.
What stands out about SEMATIC
- The same 7 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SEMATIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoologyrare
Serving as a warning signal, as the bright coloring of an animal does to would-be predators.
A wasp's black and yellow stripes are a typical sematic marking, advertising that the insect is dangerous. The related word aposematic is far more widely used by biologists.
How SEMATIC is used
Sematic is a rare technical word in zoology.
- The frog's bright skin is a sematic signal to birds.
- Biologists described the stripes as sematic coloration.
- A sematic pattern warns predators to keep away.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMATIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEMATIC
The 7 tiles of SEMATIC in a different order — 4 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SEMATIC
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Common questions about SEMATIC
- Is SEMATIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMATIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMATIC worth?
- SEMATIC is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMATIC mean?
- Serving as a warning signal, as the bright coloring of an animal does to would-be predators.
- What letters can be added to SEMATIC?
- No single letter can be added to SEMATIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SEMATIC:
Open SEMATIC in the Word Finder