TRICE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. TRICE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRICE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRICE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRICE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRICE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TRICE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What stands out about TRICE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 TRICE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A very short moment — used in only one phrase.
In a trice is where this word lives and just about the only place it goes: nobody says a trice or counts two trices. It came from a nautical verb meaning to haul something up quickly, and the speed of that action is all that survives of the original sense.
How TRICE is used
Almost always in the phrase in a trice. Countable in form but not in practice.
- She had the whole thing packed in a trice.
- In a trice the room was empty.
- He can mend it in a trice and often does.
- The phrase in a trice is older than the machine it describes.
- Nobody uses trice outside that one phrase.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRICE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TRICE
The 5 tiles of TRICE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with TRICE
14 longer words begin with TRICE.
Words ending in TRICE
13 words end in TRICE. Useful as a back hook: play TRICE onto a word already on the board.
Words with TRICE inside
Showing 24 of 54 words that contain TRICE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TRICE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TRICE
Common questions about TRICE
- Is TRICE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRICE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRICE worth?
- TRICE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRICE mean?
- A very short moment — used in only one phrase.
- What letters can be added to TRICE?
- TRICE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TRICE:
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