TANTALIC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TANTALIC 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 TANTALIC?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TANTALIC is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TANTALIC
No single letter turns TANTALIC into another word.
How TANTALIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TANTALIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TANTALIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TANTALIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistrytechnical
Containing or derived from the metal tantalum, especially in its higher valency.
Chemists named tantalic acid among the compounds of that element. The term is mostly found in older chemistry texts.
How TANTALIC is used
Tantalic belongs to chemical nomenclature.
- The lab prepared a tantalic compound.
- Tantalic acid forms a white precipitate.
- He studied tantalic salts in his thesis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TANTALIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TANTALIC
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Common questions about TANTALIC
- Is TANTALIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TANTALIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TANTALIC worth?
- TANTALIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TANTALIC mean?
- Containing or derived from the metal tantalum, especially in its higher valency.
- What letters can be added to TANTALIC?
- No single letter can be added to TANTALIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TANTALIC:
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