TELIC is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TELIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TELIC?
| 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 TELIC is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TELIC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How TELIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TELIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does TELIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Directed toward or having a definite goal, end, or purpose, especially describing an action or verb that implies a natural completion point.
Linguists call a verb telic when the action it describes has a clear finishing point built into its meaning, so build a house is telic because it ends once the house stands complete, while wander has no such endpoint and counts as atelic. Philosophers use the same word more broadly to describe any process aimed at a defined goal rather than one that simply continues indefinitely. Outside these specialized fields, telic rarely appears in ordinary conversation.
How TELIC is used
A technical term from linguistics and philosophy, chiefly describing verbs or processes with a built-in endpoint.
- The linguist explained why run a mile counts as a telic verb.
- A telic action reaches a natural stopping point.
- Philosophers debated whether all human striving is telic.
- The paper contrasted telic verbs with open-ended, atelic ones.
- Building a bridge is telic, but wandering around is not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TELIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TELIC
3 longer words begin with TELIC.
Words ending in TELIC
10 words end in TELIC. Useful as a back hook: play TELIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with TELIC inside
2 words contain TELIC in the middle. Words that start with TELIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TELIC
Common questions about TELIC
- Is TELIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TELIC, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TELIC worth?
- TELIC is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TELIC mean?
- Directed toward or having a definite goal, end, or purpose, especially describing an action or verb that implies a natural completion point.
- What letters can be added to TELIC?
- TELIC takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TELIC:
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