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Is ICE a Scrabble Word?

Yes, ICE is a valid Scrabble word. It is used as a noun and a verb, most often meaning “water frozen in the solid state”.

Quick answer

Is ICE a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. ICE is a valid 3-letter word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words With Friends.

Checked against this site’s open English word list. Tournament play uses the official NWL or Collins lists, which can differ on rare words and inflections.

Letters
3
Scrabble
5 pts
Words With Friends
6 pts
Anagrams
0
Familiarity
99th percentile

ICE meaning and definition

ICE has 4 common senses and works as a noun and a verb. The most common meaning is listed first.

ICE as a noun

  1. Water frozen in the solid state.
  2. The frozen part of a body of water.

ICE as a verb

  1. Decorate with frosting.
  2. Cause to become ice or icy.

ICE Scrabble score and Words With Friends points

ICE scores 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The highest-value tile is C, worth 3 in Scrabble.

Letter-by-letter tile values

LetterScrabbleWords With Friends
I11
C34
E11
Total56

ICE on premium squares

On a double word square ICE scores 10 in Scrabble; on a triple word square, 15. Putting C on a triple letter square instead adds 6 points. Its face value is low, so placement matters more than the tiles: land it across a word square to make it pay. At 3 letters it fits tight spots on a crowded board.

Anagrams of ICE

No other word uses exactly the letters in ICE.

Unscramble ICE: 0 words from its letters

No shorter words can be made from these letters.

Words like ICE

One-letter changes to ICE, useful for word ladders and board hooks.

Change one letter in ICE

  • ace5
  • icy8
  • ire3
  • ich8
  • ick9
  • ide4

Add one letter to ICE

  • nice6
  • rice6
  • dice7
  • vice9
  • fice9
  • bice8
  • iced7
  • icer6
  • ices6
  • lice6
  • mice8
  • pice8
  • sice6
  • tice6
  • wice9

More 3-letter words starting with IC

  • icy8
  • ich8
  • ick9

ICE word facts

ICE is a 3-letter word with 3 distinct letters: 2 vowels (I and E) and 1 consonant. It starts with I and ends with E. By corpus frequency, ICE is among the top 1% most familiar words in the dictionary.

Holding the letters I, C, E on your rack? The word unscrambler lists every word they make, sorted by score, and the anagram solver finds words that use all 3 of them. To check another word before you play it, use the Scrabble word checker.

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ICE Scrabble word FAQ

Is ICE a Scrabble word?

Yes. ICE is a valid 3-letter word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words With Friends before premium squares.

What does ICE mean?

ICE is used as a noun and a verb. Its most common meaning is “water frozen in the solid state”.

How many points is ICE worth in Scrabble?

ICE is worth 5 points in Scrabble: I (1) + C (3) + E (1). On a double word square it scores 10, and on a triple word square 15.

How many points is ICE in Words With Friends?

ICE is worth 6 points in Words With Friends, which uses different tile values from Scrabble.

Does ICE have any anagrams?

No. No other word uses exactly the letters in ICE, but 0 shorter words can be made from them.

What words can you make from the letters in ICE?

No shorter words can be made from the letters in ICE.

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