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Yes. The word arsenic is a Scrabble US word. The word arsenic is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is arsenic a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word arsenic is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Yes. The word arsenic is a Words With Friends word. The word arsenic is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (4 found)

ARCSINE,ARSENIC,CARNIES,CERASIN,

6-letter words (21 found)

ARISEN,ARSINE,CAIRNS,CANERS,CANIER,CARIES,CARNIE,CASEIN,CASERN,CERIAS,CRANES,CRENAS,CRINES,ENIACS,ERICAS,INCASE,NACRES,RAINES,RANCES,SARNIE,SCRINE,

5-letter words (69 found)

ACERS,ACNES,ACRES,AESIR,AIRNS,ANCES,ANISE,AREIC,ARISE,CAINS,CAIRN,CANER,CANES,CARES,CARNS,CARSE,CERIA,CINES,CIRES,CRANE,CRANS,CRENA,CRIAS,CRIES,CRINE,CRISE,EARNS,ENIAC,ERICA,ERICS,ESCAR,ICERS,ISNAE,NACRE,NARCS,NARES,NARIC,NARIS,NEARS,NICER,RACES,RAINE,RAINS,RAISE,RANCE,RANIS,REAIS,REANS,REINS,RESIN,RICES,RINES,RINSE,RISEN,SAICE,SAINE,SANER,SARIN,SCARE,SCENA,SCRAE,SCRAN,SERAC,SERAI,SERIC,SERIN,SINCE,SIREN,SNARE,

4-letter words (80 found)

ACER,ACES,ACNE,ACRE,AESC,AINE,AINS,AIRN,AIRS,ANCE,ANES,ANIS,ARCS,ARES,ARIS,ARSE,ASCI,CAIN,CANE,CANS,CARE,CARN,CARS,CASE,CEAS,CENS,CINE,CIRE,CRAN,CRIA,CRIS,EANS,EARN,EARS,EINA,ERAS,ERIC,ERNS,ICER,ICES,IRES,ISNA,NAES,NARC,NARE,NEAR,NICE,NIES,RACE,RAIN,RAIS,RANI,RASE,REAN,RECS,REIN,REIS,RENS,RIAS,RICE,RINE,RINS,RISE,SAIC,SAIN,SAIR,SANE,SARI,SCAN,SCAR,SEAN,SEAR,SEIR,SENA,SERA,SICE,SIEN,SINE,SIRE,SNAR,

3-letter words (50 found)

ACE,AIN,AIR,AIS,ANE,ANI,ANS,ARC,ARE,ARS,CAN,CAR,CIS,EAN,EAR,EAS,ENS,ERA,ERN,ERS,ICE,INS,IRE,NAE,NAS,NIE,NIS,RAI,RAN,RAS,REC,REI,REN,RES,RIA,RIN,SAC,SAE,SAI,SAN,SAR,SEA,SEC,SEI,SEN,SER,SIC,SIN,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AI,AN,AR,AS,EA,EN,ER,ES,IN,IS,NA,NE,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 240 words from arsenic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of arsenic

arsenic

Alternative forms

  • arsenick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English arsenik, borrowed from Middle French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”) (influenced by ἀρσενικός (arsenikós, “potent, virile”)), from Semitic (compare Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā), Aramaic 𐡆𐡓𐡍𐡉𐡊𐡀 (zrnykʾ /⁠zarnīḵā⁠/)), from Middle Iranian *zarnīk (compare Persian زرنی (zarni, “arsenic”)), from Old Iranian *zarniya-ka- (compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (zaraniia, “golden”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎡𐎹 (d-r-n-i-y /⁠daraniya-⁠/, “gold”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (híraṇya, “gold”), Persian زر (zar, “gold”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. More at yellow.


Pronunciation

Noun

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ).sə.nɪk/
  • (US) enPR: ärʹsən-ĭk, IPA(key): /ˈɑɹsənɪk/

Adjective

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɑː(ɹ)ˈsɛnɪk/
  • (US) enPR: är-sĕnʹĭk, IPA(key): /ɑɹˈsɛnɪk/

Noun

arsenic (countable and uncountable, plural arsenics)

  2. A toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.
  3. (countable) A single atom of this element.
  4. Arsenic trioxide.

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Adjective

arsenic (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry) Of or containing arsenic with a valence of 5.

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Anagrams

  • Cairnes, Racines, Serican, arcsine, carines, carnies, cerasin, sarcine, scarine

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arsenicum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʁ.sə.nik/

Noun

arsenic m (uncountable)

  1. arsenic (chemical element)

Derived terms

  • oxyde blanc d’arsenic

Descendants

  • Lingala: aseni

Further reading

  • “arsenic”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • cernais, enciras, encrais, racines, ricanes, ricanés

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin arsenicum.

Pronunciation

Noun

arsenic m (uncountable)

  1. arsenic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum.

Noun

arsenic n (uncountable)

  1. arsenic

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org