ZOIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ZOIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZOIC?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZOIC is to know. It scores 15 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZOIC
Front hooks — 1
azoicBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ZOIC scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ZOIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does ZOIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to animals or to fossil life.
Zoic is a suffix that became a word of its own, and it is used mainly in geology inside names like Mesozoic and Cenozoic. Standing alone it is rare enough that most readers meet it only as an ending.
How ZOIC is used
Before the noun. Chiefly geological.
- A zoic layer contains fossils and an azoic one does not.
- The word zoic is a suffix that became a word.
- Mesozoic and Cenozoic both end in zoic.
- Two zoic zones separated by a barren band.
- Zoic on its own is rare in modern writing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZOIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in ZOIC
24 words end in ZOIC. Useful as a back hook: play ZOIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZOIC inside
1 words contain ZOIC in the middle. Words that start with ZOIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZOIC
Common questions about ZOIC
- Is ZOIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZOIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZOIC worth?
- ZOIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZOIC mean?
- Relating to animals or to fossil life.
- What letters can be added to ZOIC?
- ZOIC takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ZOIC:
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