TIC is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TIC?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TIC is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TIC scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does TIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sudden repeated involuntary movement.
Tic came into English from French in the eighteenth century, first about horses and only later about people. The medical sense and the habit sense have separated: a verbal tic is a mannerism and carries no clinical meaning at all.
How TIC is used
Countable: a tic, two tics.
- A tic under the eye that appears only when he is tired.
- The word tic was used about horses first.
- A verbal tic is a habit and not a diagnosis.
- Two tics in the same patient may have one cause.
- Stress makes a tic worse and rest makes it quieter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TIC
The 3 tiles of TIC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TIC
Showing 24 of 77 words that begin with TIC.
Words ending in TIC
Showing 24 of 2216 words that end in TIC. Useful as a back hook: play TIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with TIC inside
Showing 24 of 3429 words that contain TIC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TIC
Common questions about TIC
- Is TIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TIC, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TIC worth?
- TIC is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIC mean?
- A sudden repeated involuntary movement.
- What letters can be added to TIC?
- TIC takes 6 hooks: 2 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TIC:
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