URICOTELIC is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. URICOTELIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept URICOTELIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URICOTELIC is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URICOTELIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
uricotelicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How URICOTELIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in URICOTELIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so URICOTELIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does URICOTELIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Getting rid of waste nitrogen mainly in the form of uric acid.
Birds, reptiles, and many insects are uricotelic, which lets them save water because uric acid leaves as a paste. Mammals, by contrast, mostly excrete urea. The term is used in biology classes when comparing animal waste systems.
How URICOTELIC is used
A biology term for animals whose main nitrogen waste is uric acid.
- Birds are uricotelic animals that excrete a white paste.
- A uricotelic habit helps desert reptiles conserve water.
- The lecture compared uricotelic and ureotelic species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URICOTELIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with URICOTELIC
1 longer words begin with URICOTELIC.
Shorter words from the letters in URICOTELIC
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Common questions about URICOTELIC
- Is URICOTELIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URICOTELIC, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URICOTELIC worth?
- URICOTELIC is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URICOTELIC mean?
- Getting rid of waste nitrogen mainly in the form of uric acid.
- What letters can be added to URICOTELIC?
- URICOTELIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of URICOTELIC:
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