STICTION is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. STICTION 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 STICTION?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STICTION is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STICTION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stictionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STICTION scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in STICTION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STICTION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does STICTION mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The friction that must be overcome to start moving an object that is at rest against another surface.
Stiction explains why a heavy drawer or a stuck disc head takes more force to start moving than to keep moving. The word blends static and friction. Engineers of precision machines and hard drives treat it as a defect to design out.
How STICTION is used
Stiction is an engineering term used for sticking in sliding parts.
- Stiction made the old slide jerk before it began to glide.
- The engineers added a coating to reduce stiction in the disk drive.
- You can feel the stiction in the hinge when you first push the door.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STICTION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STICTION
1 longer words begin with STICTION.
Shorter words from the letters in STICTION
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Common questions about STICTION
- Is STICTION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STICTION, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STICTION worth?
- STICTION is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STICTION mean?
- The friction that must be overcome to start moving an object that is at rest against another surface.
- What letters can be added to STICTION?
- STICTION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of STICTION:
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