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Yes. The word ascetic is a Scrabble US word. The word ascetic is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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7-letter words (2 found)

ACCITES,ASCETIC,

6-letter words (3 found)

ACCITE,ACETIC,CASEIC,

5-letter words (12 found)

CACTI,CASTE,CATES,CESTA,CESTI,CITES,ETICS,SAICE,SCEAT,TACES,TICCA,TICES,

4-letter words (40 found)

ACES,ACTS,AESC,AITS,ASCI,ATES,CASE,CAST,CATE,CATS,CEAS,CECA,CIST,CITE,CITS,EAST,EATS,ETAS,ETIC,ICES,ITAS,SAIC,SATE,SATI,SCAT,SEAT,SECT,SETA,SICE,SITE,STIE,TACE,TAES,TAIS,TASE,TEAS,TECS,TICE,TICS,TIES,

3-letter words (35 found)

ACE,ACT,AIS,AIT,ATE,ATS,CAT,CIS,CIT,EAS,EAT,EST,ETA,ICE,ITA,ITS,SAC,SAE,SAI,SAT,SEA,SEC,SEI,SET,SIC,SIT,TAE,TAI,TAS,TEA,TEC,TES,TIC,TIE,TIS,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AI,AS,AT,EA,ES,ET,IS,IT,SI,ST,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 107 words from ascetic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ascetic

ascetic

Alternative forms

  • ascetick (obsolete)

Etymology

17th century, from Medieval Latin asceticus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκητικός (askētikós), from ἀσκητής (askētḗs, “monk, hermit”), from ἀσκέω (askéō, “I exercise”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈsɛ.tɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

ascetic (comparative more ascetic, superlative most ascetic)

  1. Of or relating to ascetics
  2. Characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure.
    • 1999, Alan Davies, Tradition and Modernity in Protestant Christianity, Karigoudar Ishwaran (editor), Ascetic Culture: Renunciation and Worldly Engagement, page 30,
      The rich communal life of the most ascetic Protestants, for example, the Hutterites and the Old Order Mennonites, with their nineteenth century dress and preference for antiquated technology, refutes such superficial judgments.
    • 2004, Phyllis G. Jestice, Ascetics as Holy People, Phyllis G. Jestice (editor), Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Entries A to G, page 70,
      Throughout the hagiographical tradition, though, holy people have engaged in more ascetic practices than the population at large, usually proceeding two or three degrees beyond what is expected among the merely pious.

Synonyms

  • (of or pertaining to ascetics): ascetical
  • (characterised by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline): abstinent, ascetical

Translations

Noun

ascetic (plural ascetics)

  1. One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.

Hyponyms

  • hermit
  • monk
  • nun

Translations

Related terms

  • ascetical
  • asceticism

Anagrams

  • Cestica, accites, siccate

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ascétique.

Adjective

ascetic m or n (feminine singular ascetică, masculine plural ascetici, feminine and neuter plural ascetice)

  1. ascetic

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org