TRISEMIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TRISEMIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRISEMIC?
| 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 TRISEMIC is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRISEMIC
No single letter turns TRISEMIC into another word.
How TRISEMIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TRISEMIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRISEMIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TRISEMIC
- The same 8 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 TRISEMIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Lasting three time units, or consisting of three short beats, in the metre of ancient verse.
Scholars of Greek and Latin metre call a foot trisemic when it spans three short beats. The word helps them compare units of different shapes with the same total length.
How TRISEMIC is used
Used in classical metrics and linguistics.
- A trisemic foot contains three short beats.
- The scholar scanned the line as trisemic.
- In the text, a long vowel followed by a short one is trisemic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRISEMIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TRISEMIC
The 8 tiles of TRISEMIC in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in TRISEMIC
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Common questions about TRISEMIC
- Is TRISEMIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRISEMIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRISEMIC worth?
- TRISEMIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRISEMIC mean?
- Lasting three time units, or consisting of three short beats, in the metre of ancient verse.
- What letters can be added to TRISEMIC?
- No single letter can be added to TRISEMIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TRISEMIC:
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