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Is diacritic a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word diacritic is a Scrabble US word. The word diacritic is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

D2I1A1C3R1I1T1I1C3

Is diacritic a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word diacritic is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

D2I1A1C3R1I1T1I1C3

Is diacritic a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word diacritic is a Words With Friends word. The word diacritic is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2I1A1C4R1I1T1I1C4

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9-letter words (1 found)

DIACRITIC,

8-letter words (1 found)

CARDITIC,

7-letter words (3 found)

ARCTIID,TRIACID,TRIADIC,

6-letter words (7 found)

ACIDIC,ARCTIC,CITRIC,CRITIC,IATRIC,IRIDIC,IRITIC,

5-letter words (16 found)

ACRID,ARTIC,CACTI,CAIRD,CARDI,CIRCA,CRAIC,DARIC,DIACT,DICTA,ICTIC,RADII,RIDIC,TICCA,TRIAC,TRIAD,

4-letter words (24 found)

ACID,ADIT,AIRT,ARID,ARTI,CADI,CAID,CARD,CART,CRIA,CRIT,DARI,DART,DICT,DIRT,DITA,DRAC,DRAT,IRID,RAID,RAIT,RIAD,TIAR,TRAD,

3-letter words (25 found)

ACT,AID,AIR,AIT,ARC,ARD,ART,CAD,CAR,CAT,CID,CIT,DIT,ITA,RAD,RAI,RAT,RIA,RID,RIT,TAD,TAI,TAR,TIC,TID,

2-letter words (10 found)

AD,AI,AR,AT,DA,DI,ID,IT,TA,TI,

You can make 87 words from diacritic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of diacritic

diacritic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, “distinguishing, separative”), from διακρίνειν (diakrínein, “to distinguish, separate”), from διά (diá, “between”) + κρίνω (krínō, “I separate, distinguish”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /daɪəˈkɹɪtɪk/

Adjective

diacritic (comparative more diacritic, superlative most diacritic)

  1. distinguishing
  2. (orthography, not comparable) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character.

Synonyms

  • diacritical

Translations

Noun

diacritic (plural diacritics)

  1. A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.
    Synonyms: accent, diacritical, diacritical mark
    Hyponyms: cedilla, diaeresis, röck döts, tilde, umlaut

Derived terms

  • diacritical
  • diacritically

Translations

Further reading

  • “diacritic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “diacritic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • diacritic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • triacidic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diacritique.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdi.aˈkri.tik/

Adjective

diacritic m or n (feminine singular diacritică, masculine plural diacritici, feminine and neuter plural diacritice)

  1. diacritic, diacritical

Declension

Noun

diacritic n (plural diacritice)

  1. diacritic
    Synonym: semn diacritic

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org