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XERIC

5 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What XERIC Means

  1. adjective: being deficient in moisture“deserts provide xeric environments”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

XERIC is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as X8 E1 R1 I1 C3.

Words Made From The Letters In XERIC

13 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (4)

3 letter words (5)

2 letter words (4)

Longer Words Containing XERIC

XERIC appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.