TICE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. TICE 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TICE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TICE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TICE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TICE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TICE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about TICE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TICE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To entice or lure.
Tice is entice with the first syllable worn away, which English did to plenty of borrowed verbs before spelling settled. In cricket the same word became a noun for a ball pitched right up at the batsman's feet — tempting to hit, and usually fatal.
How TICE is used
Transitive: to tice someone into something. Ticed and ticing are the inflected forms.
- Nothing would tice the dog out from under the bed.
- They ticed him into the boat with a promise about the fishing.
- He bowled a tice, and the stumps went over.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TICE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TICE
The 4 tiles of TICE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TICE
2 longer words begin with TICE.
Words ending in TICE
19 words end in TICE. Useful as a back hook: play TICE onto a word already on the board.
Words with TICE inside
Showing 24 of 124 words that contain TICE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TICE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TICE
Common questions about TICE
- Is TICE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TICE is not in it.
- How many points is TICE worth?
- TICE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TICE mean?
- To entice or lure.
- What letters can be added to TICE?
- TICE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TICE:
Open TICE in the Word Finder