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Is critique a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word critique is a Scrabble US word. The word critique is worth 19 points in Scrabble:

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Is critique a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word critique is a Scrabble UK word and has 19 points:

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Is critique a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word critique is a Words With Friends word. The word critique is worth 21 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

CRITIQUE,

6-letter words (6 found)

CIRQUE,CUITER,CURIET,CURITE,REQUIT,URETIC,

5-letter words (20 found)

CITER,CRUET,CURET,CURIE,CUTER,CUTIE,ERUCT,ICIER,QUIET,QUIRE,QUIRT,QUITE,RECIT,RECTI,RECUT,TRICE,TRUCE,UREIC,URITE,UTERI,

4-letter words (24 found)

CERT,CIRE,CITE,CRIT,CRUE,CUIT,CURE,CURT,CUTE,ECRU,ERIC,ETIC,ETUI,ICER,IURE,QUIT,RICE,RITE,TICE,TIER,TIRE,TRIE,TRUE,URIC,

3-letter words (21 found)

CIT,CRU,CUE,CUR,CUT,ECU,ICE,IRE,REC,REI,RET,RIT,RUC,RUE,RUT,TEC,TIC,TIE,TUI,URE,UTE,

2-letter words (9 found)

ER,ET,IT,QI,RE,TE,TI,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 82 words from critique according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of critique

critique

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French critique, from New Latin critica (“critique”), feminine of criticus (“critical”); see critic.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɹɪˈtiːk/
  • IPA(key): /kɹɪˈtik/
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

critique (plural critiques)

  1. (uncountable) The art of criticism.
  2. (countable) An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.
  3. (countable) A point made to criticize something.
  4. (obsolete, countable) A critic; one who criticises.
    • 1625, John Williams, Great Britains Salomon (sermon)
      a question amongst critiques in the ages to come

Derived terms

Related terms

  • critic

Translations

Verb

critique (third-person singular simple present critiques, present participle critiquing, simple past and past participle critiqued)

  1. To review something; to criticize.

Translations

Further reading

  • “critique”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “critique”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “critique”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “critique”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • critique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁi.tik/

Adjective

critique (plural critiques)

  1. critical (urgent)
    La situation est à présent plus que critique. ― The situation is currently more than urgent.
  2. critical (of great importance)
  3. critical (related to criticism)
  4. (of a person) judgemental

Descendants

  • German: kritisch

Noun

critique f (plural critiques)

  1. criticism
  2. review, usually written
  3. reason; logic

Derived terms

  • la critique est aisée mais l’art est difficile

Noun

critique m or f by sense (plural critiques)

  1. critic (profession)

Related terms

  • critiquer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • citrique

Galician

Verb

critique

  1. inflection of criticar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

critique

  1. inflection of criticar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾiˈtike/ [kɾiˈt̪i.ke]
  • Rhymes: -ike
  • Syllabification: cri‧ti‧que

Verb

critique

  1. inflection of criticar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org