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Is critic a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word critic is a Scrabble US word. The word critic is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is critic a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word critic is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

C3R1I1T1I1C3

Is critic a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word critic is a Words With Friends word. The word critic is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

CITRIC,CRITIC,

5-letter words (1 found)

ICTIC,

4-letter words (1 found)

CRIT,

3-letter words (3 found)

CIT,RIT,TIC,

2-letter words (2 found)

IT,TI,

You can make 9 words from critic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of critic

critic

Alternative forms

  • critick (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French critique, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίνω (krínō, “I judge”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtɪk

Noun

critic (plural critics)

  1. A person who appraises the works of others.
  2. A specialist in judging works of art.
  3. One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
  4. An opponent.
  5. Obsolete form of critique (an act of criticism)
  6. Obsolete form of critique (the art of criticism)

Derived terms

  • armchair critic
  • criticess
  • inner critic

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Translations

Verb

critic (third-person singular simple present critics, present participle criticking, simple past and past participle criticked)

  1. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To criticise.
    • 1607, Antony Brewer (attributed), Lingua, or the Combat of the Five Senses for Superiority
      Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done.

Anagrams

  • citric

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English critique, from French critique, from New Latin critica (“critique”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcɾʲɪtʲɪc/

Noun

critic f (genitive singular critice, nominative plural criticí)

  1. critique
    Synonym: beachtaíocht
  2. criticism
    Synonyms: criticeas, léirmheastóireacht

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “critic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “critic” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Ladin

Adjective

critic m pl

  1. masculine plural of critich

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French critique and Latin criticus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkri.tik/

Noun

critic m (plural critici)

  1. critic

Adjective

critic m or n (feminine singular critică, masculine plural critici, feminine and neuter plural critice)

  1. critical

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org