SPICA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SPICA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPICA?
| 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 SPICA is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPICA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPICA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPICA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What stands out about SPICA
- The letters of SPICA run in reverse alphabetical order.
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SPICA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A bandage or plaster cast wound in overlapping figure-eight turns around a joint, such as the hip or shoulder, to support or immobilise it.
A spica is applied by winding material repeatedly across a joint in crossing turns that resemble the shape of a wheat ear, giving firm, even support where a straight wrap would slip. Doctors commonly use a hip spica cast to hold a broken thigh bone or dislocated hip still in young children while it heals. Written with a small letter, spica names this medical wrapping technique; the bright star of the same name in the constellation Virgo is an unrelated, capitalised word.
How SPICA is used
A specialist medical term, met mainly in descriptions of bandaging and casting techniques rather than in everyday speech.
- The toddler wore a hip spica cast for several weeks after surgery.
- The nurse wrapped a spica bandage around the injured shoulder.
- A well-fitted spica keeps the joint completely still during healing.
- The textbook illustrated how to apply a figure-eight spica correctly.
- Doctors chose a spica over a simple splint for the unstable fracture.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPICA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPICA
The 5 tiles of SPICA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SPICA
4 longer words begin with SPICA.
Words with SPICA inside
22 words contain SPICA in the middle. Words that start with SPICA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SPICA
Common questions about SPICA
- Is SPICA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPICA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPICA worth?
- SPICA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPICA mean?
- A bandage or plaster cast wound in overlapping figure-eight turns around a joint, such as the hip or shoulder, to support or immobilise it.
- What letters can be added to SPICA?
- SPICA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPICA:
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