THEIC is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. THEIC is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept THEIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THEIC is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THEIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
theicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THEIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in THEIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does THEIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A person who drinks tea to excess, especially someone whose habitual tea drinking is treated as a fault or a mild illness.
A theic was coined in the nineteenth century on the model of words like alcoholic, at a time when heavy tea drinking was sometimes discussed by doctors as a nervous complaint rather than a harmless habit. The word never became common outside that specialised usage and today survives mostly as a curiosity in word lists rather than in speech. It is applied only to tea, not to coffee or other drinks, and always implies drinking more than is thought healthy. Calling someone a theic is usually half a joke rather than a real diagnosis now.
How THEIC is used
Rare and mostly historical; used humorously today of someone who drinks an unusual amount of tea.
- The office theic gets through a dozen cups before lunch.
- Victorian doctors sometimes described the theic as suffering from nerves.
- He jokes that he is a hopeless theic, never far from the kettle.
- A true theic judges the day by how many pots have been brewed.
- The article used theic as a half-serious label for excessive tea drinkers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THEIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of THEIC
The 5 tiles of THEIC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with THEIC
1 longer words begin with THEIC.
Shorter words from the letters in THEIC
Common questions about THEIC
- Is THEIC valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and THEIC is not in it.
- How many points is THEIC worth?
- THEIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THEIC mean?
- A person who drinks tea to excess, especially someone whose habitual tea drinking is treated as a fault or a mild illness.
- What letters can be added to THEIC?
- THEIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of THEIC:
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