SFERICS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SFERICS 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 SFERICS?
| 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 SFERICS is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SFERICS
No single letter turns SFERICS into another word.
How SFERICS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SFERICS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What stands out about SFERICS
- SFERICS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SFERICS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Radio noises caused by lightning and other electrical activity in the atmosphere; also the study or equipment for locating them.
Weather services use sferics to track the position of distant storms. Radio listeners know the same crackle as static on the dial.
How SFERICS is used
The word sferics is a short technical form of atmospherics.
- The sferics grew louder as the storm came near.
- A network of sferics detectors maps lightning strikes.
- He listened to sferics on a low-frequency receiver.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SFERICS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SFERICS
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Common questions about SFERICS
- Is SFERICS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SFERICS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SFERICS worth?
- SFERICS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SFERICS mean?
- Radio noises caused by lightning and other electrical activity in the atmosphere; also the study or equipment for locating them.
- What letters can be added to SFERICS?
- No single letter can be added to SFERICS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SFERICS:
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