VIATIC is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. VIATIC 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 VIATIC?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIATIC is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIATIC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How VIATIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VIATIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does VIATIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
raretechnical
Relating to travelling or to a road or journey.
Viatic is a scholarly word from the Latin via, meaning way, and it is rarely seen outside learned writing. It can describe anything connected with a journey, as in a viatic record of a pilgrim's route. The related word viaticum names the provisions given for a trip, and in the Church the final communion given to a dying person. Few writers choose viatic today when plain words like travel will do.
How VIATIC is used
Rare and learned; modern writers use travel or journey instead.
- The monk kept a viatic diary of every town on the road.
- Scholars study viatic customs among medieval pilgrims.
- A viatic tone runs through the old traveller's tale.
- The dictionary marks viatic as a rare term for things of the road.
- Her viatic notes covered inns, tolls and weather.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIATIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIATIC
5 longer words begin with VIATIC.
Shorter words from the letters in VIATIC
Common questions about VIATIC
- Is VIATIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIATIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIATIC worth?
- VIATIC is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIATIC mean?
- Relating to travelling or to a road or journey.
- What letters can be added to VIATIC?
- VIATIC takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VIATIC:
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