SILVICS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SILVICS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SILVICS?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SILVICS is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SILVICS
No single letter turns SILVICS into another word.
How SILVICS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SILVICS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,632 thousand.
What stands out about SILVICS
- SILVICS 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 SILVICS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The scientific study of forest trees and the conditions in which they grow.
Silvics looks at how a tree species behaves in nature, such as how it handles shade, soil and competition. It differs from silviculture, which is the practical work of tending forests.
How SILVICS is used
Silvics is a forestry term, treated as singular in most writing.
- The textbook on silvics describes how oaks respond to shade.
- Good forest planning begins with the silvics of the local species.
- She studied silvics before moving into forest management.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SILVICS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SILVICS
Common questions about SILVICS
- Is SILVICS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SILVICS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SILVICS worth?
- SILVICS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SILVICS mean?
- The scientific study of forest trees and the conditions in which they grow.
- What letters can be added to SILVICS?
- No single letter can be added to SILVICS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SILVICS:
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