TRIBRACHIC is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. TRIBRACHIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRIBRACHIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRIBRACHIC is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRIBRACHIC
No single letter turns TRIBRACHIC into another word.
How TRIBRACHIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in TRIBRACHIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRIBRACHIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRIBRACHIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalliterary
Having the nature of a tribrach, that is, a poetic foot made of three short syllables.
Tribrachic describes a rhythm built from three quick beats in a row. Scholars of classical verse use tribrachic to talk about a foot that replaces a longer one.
How TRIBRACHIC is used
Used in the study of metre in Greek and Latin poetry.
- The line has a tribrachic foot in its third position.
- A tribrachic rhythm gives the verse a quick, light movement.
- The critic marked every tribrachic substitution in the passage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRIBRACHIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TRIBRACHIC
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Common questions about TRIBRACHIC
- Is TRIBRACHIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRIBRACHIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRIBRACHIC worth?
- TRIBRACHIC is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRIBRACHIC mean?
- Having the nature of a tribrach, that is, a poetic foot made of three short syllables.
- What letters can be added to TRIBRACHIC?
- No single letter can be added to TRIBRACHIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of TRIBRACHIC:
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