SPECIE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SPECIE 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 SPECIE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPECIE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPECIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
speciesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPECIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SPECIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 125,426.
What does SPECIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Money in the form of metal coins, as opposed to paper notes.
Specie turns up mostly in financial and historical writing, where banks promised to pay out notes in specie, meaning in gold or silver coin on demand. The word is Latin in origin and survives from the phrase in specie, in kind. It is not the singular of species, which is a different word with a different meaning, though the two look alike. When a government suspended specie payments, people lost the right to swap paper for metal.
How SPECIE is used
Mainly financial and historical; not the same word as species.
- The bank held little specie to back its notes.
- Merchants demanded payment in specie rather than in paper.
- During the war the government suspended payment in specie.
- A chest of specie was loaded onto the ship.
- Gold and silver specie circulated alongside the banknotes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPECIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPECIE
The 6 tiles of SPECIE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SPECIE
5 longer words begin with SPECIE.
Shorter words from the letters in SPECIE
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Common questions about SPECIE
- Is SPECIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPECIE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPECIE worth?
- SPECIE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPECIE mean?
- Money in the form of metal coins, as opposed to paper notes.
- What letters can be added to SPECIE?
- SPECIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SPECIE:
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