SIGNIFICS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SIGNIFICS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SIGNIFICS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIGNIFICS is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIGNIFICS
No single letter turns SIGNIFICS into another word.
How SIGNIFICS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SIGNIFICS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SIGNIFICS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SIGNIFICS
- SIGNIFICS 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 SIGNIFICS mean in Scrabble?
noun
raretechnical
The study of meaning and how words and signs convey significance.
Significs was proposed in the late nineteenth century by Victoria Welby as a way to improve how people understand and use language. It is now an obscure term, overshadowed by semantics and semiotics.
How SIGNIFICS is used
Significs is used in the history of linguistics and philosophy of language.
- Welby founded significs to sharpen public understanding of words.
- The seminar read an early text on significs.
- Few students had heard of significs before the course.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIGNIFICS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SIGNIFICS
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Common questions about SIGNIFICS
- Is SIGNIFICS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIGNIFICS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIGNIFICS worth?
- SIGNIFICS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIGNIFICS mean?
- The study of meaning and how words and signs convey significance.
- What letters can be added to SIGNIFICS?
- No single letter can be added to SIGNIFICS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SIGNIFICS:
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