URIC is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. URIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept URIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URIC is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URIC
Front hooks — 1
auricBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How URIC scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in URIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does URIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicalchemistry
Of or relating to urine, especially in the term uric acid.
Uric describes anything connected with urine, and the word appears almost exclusively in the chemical name uric acid. This is a waste compound the body removes through the kidneys, and its build-up in the blood causes gout.
How URIC is used
Used mainly in medical and chemical writing, almost always paired with the word acid.
- Doctors measured his uric acid levels to check for gout.
- The uric compound crystallised into a small kidney stone.
- High uric acid in the blood can lead to painful joint swelling.
- The lab report listed uric acid alongside other waste products.
- Birds excrete uric waste as a thick paste rather than liquid urine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with URIC
7 longer words begin with URIC.
Words ending in URIC
Showing 24 of 41 words that end in URIC. Useful as a back hook: play URIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with URIC inside
Showing 24 of 28 words that contain URIC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with URIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in URIC
Common questions about URIC
- Is URIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URIC, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URIC worth?
- URIC is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URIC mean?
- Of or relating to urine, especially in the term uric acid.
- What letters can be added to URIC?
- URIC takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of URIC:
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