TENEBRIFIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. TENEBRIFIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TENEBRIFIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TENEBRIFIC is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TENEBRIFIC
No single letter turns TENEBRIFIC into another word.
How TENEBRIFIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in TENEBRIFIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TENEBRIFIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TENEBRIFIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literaryrare
Causing darkness or gloom.
A tenebrific storm cloud blots out the sun, and a tenebrific mood darkens a room. The word comes from the Latin for shadows and is seen mostly in ornate prose. Writers choose it for a heavy, dramatic effect.
How TENEBRIFIC is used
Rare and literary; used for anything that brings on darkness or gloom.
- A tenebrific fog rolled in from the marsh.
- The poet described a tenebrific night without a single star.
- His tenebrific gaze made the children fall silent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENEBRIFIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TENEBRIFIC
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Common questions about TENEBRIFIC
- Is TENEBRIFIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENEBRIFIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENEBRIFIC worth?
- TENEBRIFIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENEBRIFIC mean?
- Causing darkness or gloom.
- What letters can be added to TENEBRIFIC?
- No single letter can be added to TENEBRIFIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of TENEBRIFIC:
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