TRICLINIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. TRICLINIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRICLINIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRICLINIC is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRICLINIC
No single letter turns TRICLINIC into another word.
How TRICLINIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in TRICLINIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRICLINIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRICLINIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a crystal system with three axes of unequal length, none meeting at a right angle.
Triclinic is the least symmetrical of the seven crystal systems. Minerals such as turquoise form triclinic crystals that look slanted from every direction.
How TRICLINIC is used
Triclinic is used in mineralogy and crystallography.
- The mineral forms triclinic crystals.
- A triclinic lattice has no right angles between its axes.
- The geologist classified the sample as triclinic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRICLINIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TRICLINIC
Common questions about TRICLINIC
- Is TRICLINIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRICLINIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRICLINIC worth?
- TRICLINIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRICLINIC mean?
- Describing a crystal system with three axes of unequal length, none meeting at a right angle.
- What letters can be added to TRICLINIC?
- No single letter can be added to TRICLINIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of TRICLINIC:
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