TERRIFIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. TERRIFIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TERRIFIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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 TERRIFIC is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TERRIFIC
No single letter turns TERRIFIC into another word.
How TERRIFIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TERRIFIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TERRIFIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TERRIFIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Wonderful or excellent, or else extremely great in size or intensity.
Today terrific is nearly always a warm compliment, yet its root links it to terror, and older writers used it for things that truly frightened. Context makes clear which sense is meant.
How TERRIFIC is used
Terrific is used informally to praise, and more rarely to stress sheer force.
- That was a terrific performance.
- A terrific storm battered the coast all night.
- You did a terrific job on the report.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TERRIFIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TERRIFIC
The 8 tiles of TERRIFIC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TERRIFIC
1 longer words begin with TERRIFIC.
Shorter words from the letters in TERRIFIC
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Common questions about TERRIFIC
- Is TERRIFIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TERRIFIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TERRIFIC worth?
- TERRIFIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TERRIFIC mean?
- Wonderful or excellent, or else extremely great in size or intensity.
- What letters can be added to TERRIFIC?
- No single letter can be added to TERRIFIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TERRIFIC:
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