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Is acrostic a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word acrostic is a Scrabble US word. The word acrostic is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

A1C3R1O1S1T1I1C3

Is acrostic a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word acrostic is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

A1C3R1O1S1T1I1C3

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Yes. The word acrostic is a Words With Friends word. The word acrostic is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1C4R1O1S1T1I1C4

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8-letter words (1 found)

ACROSTIC,

7-letter words (4 found)

ACROTIC,ARCTICS,OCICATS,SCORIAC,

6-letter words (27 found)

ACCOST,ACTORS,AORIST,AORTIC,ARCTIC,ARISTO,ARTICS,CASTOR,COACTS,COATIS,CORSAC,COSTAR,CRAICS,CRISTA,OCICAT,RACIST,RATIOS,SACCOI,SATORI,SCIROC,SCORIA,SCOTIA,SCROTA,SICCAR,TAROCS,TORICS,TRIACS,

5-letter words (70 found)

ACROS,ACTOR,AIRTS,ARCOS,ARIOT,ARTIC,ARTIS,ASCOT,ASTIR,ATOCS,CACTI,CARTS,CASCO,CIRCA,CIRCS,CISCO,COACT,COAST,COATI,COATS,COCAS,COIRS,COITS,CORIA,COSTA,CRAIC,CRIAS,CRIOS,CRITS,CROCI,CROCS,CROST,IOTAS,OCTAS,ORCAS,OSCAR,OSTIA,RAITS,RATIO,RATOS,RIOTS,ROAST,ROIST,ROSIT,ROSTI,ROTAS,ROTIS,SCART,SCRAT,SIROC,SITAR,SORTA,STAIR,STOAI,STOIC,STRIA,TACOS,TAROC,TAROS,TARSI,TIARS,TICCA,TIROS,TORAS,TORCS,TORIC,TORSI,TRIAC,TRIOS,TROIS,

4-letter words (87 found)

ACRO,ACTS,AIRS,AIRT,AITS,ARCO,ARCS,ARIS,ARTI,ARTS,ASCI,ATOC,CARS,CART,CAST,CATS,CIAO,CIST,CITO,CITS,COAT,COCA,COIR,COIT,CORS,COST,COTS,CRIA,CRIS,CRIT,CROC,IOTA,ITAS,OARS,OAST,OATS,OCAS,OCTA,ORCA,ORCS,ORTS,OSAR,OTIC,RAIS,RAIT,RAST,RATO,RATS,RIAS,RIOT,RITS,ROCS,ROST,ROTA,ROTI,ROTS,SAIC,SAIR,SARI,SATI,SCAR,SCAT,SCOT,SOAR,SOCA,SORA,SORI,SORT,STAR,STIR,STOA,TACO,TAIS,TAOS,TARO,TARS,TIAR,TICS,TIRO,TOCS,TORA,TORC,TORI,TORS,TOSA,TRIO,TSAR,

3-letter words (52 found)

ACT,AIR,AIS,AIT,ARC,ARS,ART,ATS,CAR,CAT,CIS,CIT,COR,COS,COT,IOS,ISO,ITA,ITS,OAR,OAT,OCA,OIS,ORA,ORC,ORS,ORT,RAI,RAS,RAT,RIA,RIT,ROC,ROT,SAC,SAI,SAR,SAT,SIC,SIR,SIT,SOC,SOT,SRI,TAI,TAO,TAR,TAS,TIC,TIS,TOC,TOR,

2-letter words (16 found)

AI,AR,AS,AT,IO,IS,IT,OI,OR,OS,SI,SO,ST,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 257 words from acrostic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of acrostic

acrostic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French acrostiche, acrostique (“acrostic”) (modern French acrostiche), and its etymon Late Latin acrostichis, from Ancient Greek ἀκροστιχίς (akrostikhís), from ἄκρο- (ákro-, prefix indicating, among other things, the extremity or tip of something) + στῐ́χος (stíkhos, “row or file of soldiers; line of poetry, verse”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to climb, go”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈkɹɒstɪk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈkɹɔstɪk/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /əˈkɹɑstɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɒstɪk, -ɔːstɪk
  • Hyphenation: acros‧tic

Noun

acrostic (plural acrostics) (also attributively)

  1. A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message. [from 16th c.]
  2. A poem in Hebrew in which successive lines or verses start with consecutive letters of the alphabet.
  3. A kind of word puzzle, whose solution forms an anagram of a quotation, with its initial letters often forming the name of the person quoted.

Alternative forms

  • acrostick, acrosticke (obsolete)

Hyponyms

  • telestich
  • word square

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Irish: acrastach

Translations

Adjective

acrostic (comparative more acrostic, superlative most acrostic)

  1. Of or pertaining to acrostics.

Alternative forms

  • acrostick, acrosticke (obsolete)

Translations

See also

  • acronym
  • acrophony

References

Further reading

  • acrostic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • acrostic (puzzle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Racicots, Ritaccos, Socratic, sarcotic

Source: wiktionary.org