TONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TONIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TONIC?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TONIC is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TONIC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TONIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about TONIC
- The letters of TONIC run in reverse alphabetical order.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TONIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
A substance, drink, or experience that restores strength or gives a feeling of vigor and well-being; also the first and central note of a musical scale.
A tonic in the medicinal sense once meant a bitter herbal preparation taken to strengthen the body, and the word later attached itself to tonic water, the quinine-flavored carbonated drink still mixed with gin today. Musicians use the same word quite differently, calling the tonic the home note of a scale, the pitch that a melody feels drawn back toward and usually ends on. Beyond both of these specific senses, English speakers also call any bracing, restorative experience a tonic, as when good news serves as a tonic for someone's mood. Because the word covers medicine, music, and metaphor alike, its exact meaning always depends on context.
How TONIC is used
Common in everyday speech for anything restorative, and used with a more technical meaning in both pharmacy and music theory.
- The doctor prescribed a tonic to help her regain strength.
- He ordered a gin and tonic at the bar.
- The piece resolves back to the tonic in the final measure.
- Good news acted as a tonic on the whole team's morale.
- A brisk walk in the morning air felt like a tonic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TONIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TONIC
The 5 tiles of TONIC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TONIC
4 longer words begin with TONIC.
Words ending in TONIC
Showing 24 of 58 words that end in TONIC. Useful as a back hook: play TONIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with TONIC inside
Showing 24 of 37 words that contain TONIC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TONIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TONIC
Common questions about TONIC
- Is TONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TONIC, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TONIC worth?
- TONIC is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TONIC mean?
- A substance, drink, or experience that restores strength or gives a feeling of vigor and well-being; also the first and central note of a musical scale.
- What letters can be added to TONIC?
- TONIC takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TONIC:
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