TERBIC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TERBIC 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 TERBIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TERBIC is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TERBIC
No single letter turns TERBIC into another word.
How TERBIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TERBIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does TERBIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Relating to or containing the metallic element terbium.
Chemists once used terbic to label compounds that contain terbium, one of the rare earth metals, in the same way that ferric labels compounds of iron. The word is now old-fashioned, and modern writing prefers phrases such as terbium oxide. It turns up mostly in nineteenth-century chemistry texts.
How TERBIC is used
Rare and old-fashioned in chemistry; best met in historical sources.
- The old paper described a terbic salt that dissolved in acid.
- He listed a terbic oxide among the minerals he had examined.
- A terbic compound was found in the sample from the Swedish mine.
- The lab notes call the powder terbic, an adjective no modern chemist would choose.
- The word terbic appears twice in the chapter on rare earths.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TERBIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TERBIC
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Common questions about TERBIC
- Is TERBIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TERBIC, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TERBIC worth?
- TERBIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TERBIC mean?
- Relating to or containing the metallic element terbium.
- What letters can be added to TERBIC?
- No single letter can be added to TERBIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TERBIC:
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