SPLICE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SPLICE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPLICE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPLICE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPLICE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPLICE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SPLICE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does SPLICE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To join two pieces of rope, film, tape or genetic material by weaving or fixing their ends together.
Sailors were the first to splice, joining two ropes by unravelling the ends and weaving the strands into one another so that no knot is needed. The word later spread to film editors, who splice reels with cement or tape, and to geneticists, who splice a gene into another strand of DNA. In informal speech to get spliced means to get married. As a noun, a splice is the join itself.
How SPLICE is used
Used literally in sailing, film and biology, and jokingly for marriage.
- The sailor learned to splice a broken line in minutes.
- We had to splice the two ends of the tape together.
- Scientists splice a new gene into the bacteria.
- They plan to get spliced in June.
- The editor chose to splice the two scenes without a fade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPLICE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPLICE
The 6 tiles of SPLICE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SPLICE
4 longer words begin with SPLICE.
Shorter words from the letters in SPLICE
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Common questions about SPLICE
- Is SPLICE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPLICE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPLICE worth?
- SPLICE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPLICE mean?
- To join two pieces of rope, film, tape or genetic material by weaving or fixing their ends together.
- What letters can be added to SPLICE?
- SPLICE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SPLICE:
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