TROPICS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TROPICS 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 TROPICS?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TROPICS is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TROPICS
No single letter turns TROPICS into another word.
How TROPICS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TROPICS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does TROPICS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The warm region of the earth lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn on either side of the equator.
People say the tropics when they mean hot, humid climates with little seasonal change in temperature. The word is nearly always plural when it names the region, and it can also mean the two boundary lines themselves.
How TROPICS is used
The tropics is used in geography, travel and weather talk, usually with the word the.
- Bananas grow easily in the tropics.
- She spent two years working as a doctor in the tropics.
- Storms form over the warm ocean waters of the tropics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TROPICS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TROPICS
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Common questions about TROPICS
- Is TROPICS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TROPICS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TROPICS worth?
- TROPICS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TROPICS mean?
- The warm region of the earth lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn on either side of the equator.
- What letters can be added to TROPICS?
- No single letter can be added to TROPICS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TROPICS:
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