orthicon
NOUN
/ɔrθə,kɑn/
8 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH O
orthicon is a valid 8-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
O1R1T1H4I1C3O1N1
1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING
What does orthicon mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
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.
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