What ORTHICON Means
- noun: a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ORTHICON is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 R1 T1 H4 I1 C3 O1 N1.
Words Made From The Letters In ORTHICON
161 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.
7 letter words (3)
6 letter words (11)
5 letter words (31)
CHINOCHIROCHIRTCHOIRCHOONCONTOCORNICORNOCRITHCROONHONORICHORINTRONICHTNITRONOOITNORTHNOTCHONTICORCINORTHORHINORICHTROTCHROTONTHORNTHOROTONICTORCHTORICTRONC
4 letter words (58)
CHINCHITCHONCIONCITOCOHOCOINCOIRCOITCONICOOTCORNCOTHCRITHINTHOONHOORHOOTHORIHORNICONINCHINROINTOIRONITCHNOIRNORIOINTONTOOONTOTICRICHRIOTROCHROINRONTROONROOTROTIROTOTHINTHIOTHIRTHONTHROTICHTIROTOCOTOHOTOONTORCTORITORNTOROTRINTRIOTRON
3 letter words (44)
CHICITCONCOOCORCOTHICHINHITHOCHOIHONHOOHOTICHIONNITNOHNOONORNOTNTHOCHOHOONOOOHOONOOROOTORCORTRHORINRITROCROOROTTHOTICTINTOCTONTOOTOR
2 letter words (14)
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