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What does emic mean? Is emic a Scrabble word?

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Is emic a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word emic is a Scrabble US word. The word emic is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

E1M3I1C3

Is emic a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word emic is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

E1M3I1C3

Is emic a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word emic is a Words With Friends word. The word emic is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

E1M4I1C4

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4-letter words (2 found)

EMIC,MICE,

3-letter words (2 found)

ICE,MIC,

2-letter words (3 found)

EM,ME,MI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 8 words from emic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of emic

emic meic eimc iemc miec imec emci meci ecmi cemi mcei cmei eicm iecm ecim ceim icem ciem mice imce mcie cmie icme cime

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word emic. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in emic.

Definitions and meaning of emic

emic

Etymology

Coined by American linguist Kenneth Pike in 1954 from phonemic.

  • Kenneth Lee Pike (1982) Linguistic Concepts: An Introduction to Tagmemics, page 44: “Generalizing from phonemics, I coined the term emic in 1954.”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiːmɪk/
  • Rhymes: -iːmɪk
  • Hyphenation: e‧mic

Adjective

emic (comparative more emic, superlative most emic)

  1. (social sciences, anthropology) Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture.

Coordinate terms

  • etic

Translations

Anagrams

  • ICEM, ICME, cemi, mice

Source: wiktionary.org