TERPENIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TERPENIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TERPENIC?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TERPENIC is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TERPENIC
No single letter turns TERPENIC into another word.
How TERPENIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TERPENIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TERPENIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TERPENIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Relating to a family of aromatic hydrocarbons found in the oils of plants such as pine and citrus.
Chemists call a compound terpenic when its carbon skeleton is built from repeated five-carbon units. These compounds give conifers, lavender and orange peel their smell.
How TERPENIC is used
Used in chemistry and perfumery to describe substances built on that structure.
- The resin has a sharp terpenic smell.
- A terpenic compound was isolated from the pine oil.
- The lab studied terpenic fragrances in citrus peel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TERPENIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TERPENIC
The 8 tiles of TERPENIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in TERPENIC
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Common questions about TERPENIC
- Is TERPENIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TERPENIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TERPENIC worth?
- TERPENIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TERPENIC mean?
- Relating to a family of aromatic hydrocarbons found in the oils of plants such as pine and citrus.
- What letters can be added to TERPENIC?
- No single letter can be added to TERPENIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TERPENIC:
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