SIALIC is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SIALIC 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 SIALIC?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIALIC is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIALIC
No single letter turns SIALIC into another word.
How SIALIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SIALIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does SIALIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistrymedical
Relating to sialic acid, a family of sugar-like acids found on the surfaces of cells and in mucus.
The term is used in biochemistry for the acids that sit at the tips of sugar chains on cell surfaces, where they affect how cells recognise one another and how some viruses attach. It is built from the Greek word for saliva, because the first such acid was isolated from salivary mucin. Outside the laboratory the word is rarely met, and sialic acid is the form you will see in print.
How SIALIC is used
Technical term of biochemistry; nearly always followed by acid.
- The virus binds to sialic receptors on the cells of the throat.
- Sialic residues cover the surface of many proteins.
- The researcher measured the sialic content of the sample.
- A sialic coating helps cells avoid attack by the immune system.
- The textbook explains sialic chemistry in a single chapter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIALIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SIALIC
The 6 tiles of SIALIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SIALIC
Common questions about SIALIC
- Is SIALIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIALIC, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIALIC worth?
- SIALIC is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIALIC mean?
- Relating to sialic acid, a family of sugar-like acids found on the surfaces of cells and in mucus.
- What letters can be added to SIALIC?
- No single letter can be added to SIALIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SIALIC:
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