TRISMIC is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TRISMIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRISMIC?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRISMIC is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRISMIC
No single letter turns TRISMIC into another word.
How TRISMIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TRISMIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does TRISMIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or affected by trismus, a spasm of the jaw muscles that keeps the mouth from opening.
Doctors use trismic when the jaw is locked shut by muscle spasm, which is the hallmark of tetanus. It is a clinical label for a symptom, so everyday speech prefers the phrase lockjaw instead.
How TRISMIC is used
Trismic appears mainly in medical writing about jaw spasm and tetanus.
- The trismic patient could barely part his teeth to take a sip of water.
- A trismic spasm held her jaw clamped for several minutes.
- The nurse noted a trismic reaction soon after the injury.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRISMIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TRISMIC
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Common questions about TRISMIC
- Is TRISMIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRISMIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRISMIC worth?
- TRISMIC is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRISMIC mean?
- Relating to or affected by trismus, a spasm of the jaw muscles that keeps the mouth from opening.
- What letters can be added to TRISMIC?
- No single letter can be added to TRISMIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TRISMIC:
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