SORICINE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SORICINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SORICINE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SORICINE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SORICINE
No single letter turns SORICINE into another word.
How SORICINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SORICINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SORICINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SORICINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Of or resembling shrews, the small insect-eating mammals.
Zoologists use soricine to describe animals that look or behave like shrews, with a pointed snout and a restless, hungry manner. The word also names the shrew family in a looser sense.
How SORICINE is used
Soricine is a technical word in zoology, used before nouns like features or habits.
- The little mammal had a soricine snout.
- He noted the soricine habits of the new species.
- A soricine skull was found in the owl pellet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SORICINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SORICINE
The 8 tiles of SORICINE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SORICINE
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Common questions about SORICINE
- Is SORICINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SORICINE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SORICINE worth?
- SORICINE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SORICINE mean?
- Of or resembling shrews, the small insect-eating mammals.
- What letters can be added to SORICINE?
- No single letter can be added to SORICINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SORICINE:
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