TEC is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 5 points
Yes for Scrabble. TEC is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept TEC?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TEC is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TEC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TEC scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TEC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does TEC mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalrare
A detective — an informal old word for one.
Tec is clipped from detective and belongs to the era of cheap fiction before the Second World War. It survives now mostly in crossword clues and in writing that is deliberately looking backwards.
How TEC is used
Countable: a tec, two tecs. Dated.
- A tec in a raincoat is a whole genre in three words.
- The word tec is clipped from detective.
- Two tecs on the same case and neither told the other.
- Crossword setters keep tec alive on their own.
- Nobody has called a detective a tec since about 1950.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TEC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TEC
Showing 24 of 137 words that begin with TEC.
Words with TEC inside
Showing 24 of 332 words that contain TEC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TEC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TEC
Common questions about TEC
- Is TEC valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TEC is not in it.
- How many points is TEC worth?
- TEC is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TEC mean?
- A detective — an informal old word for one.
- What letters can be added to TEC?
- TEC takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TEC:
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