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Is emphatic a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word emphatic is a Scrabble US word. The word emphatic is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Is emphatic a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word emphatic is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

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Yes. The word emphatic is a Words With Friends word. The word emphatic is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (2 found)

EMPATHIC,EMPHATIC,

7-letter words (4 found)

APHETIC,HEMATIC,HEPATIC,IMPEACH,

6-letter words (10 found)

ACMITE,HAEMIC,HAPTIC,HEPCAT,IMPACT,METICA,MICATE,PATHIC,PHAEIC,PHATIC,

5-letter words (33 found)

AITCH,AMICE,CAMPI,CHAMP,CHAPE,CHAPT,CHEAP,CHEAT,CHIME,CHIMP,EPACT,ETHIC,HEMIC,MACHE,MACHI,MATCH,MEATH,MEITH,METIC,MICHE,MICHT,MITCH,PATCH,PEACH,PIETA,PITCH,TACHE,TEACH,TEMPI,THAIM,THECA,THEIC,THEMA,

4-letter words (81 found)

ACHE,ACME,AHEM,AMIE,CAME,CAMI,CAMP,CAPE,CAPH,CAPI,CATE,CHAI,CHAM,CHAP,CHAT,CHEM,CHIA,CHIP,CHIT,CITE,EACH,EATH,ECHT,EMIC,EMIT,EMPT,EPHA,EPIC,ETCH,ETIC,HAEM,HAET,HAME,HATE,HEAP,HEAT,HEMP,HEPT,HIPT,ITCH,ITEM,MACE,MACH,MATE,MATH,MEAT,MECH,META,METH,MICA,MICE,MICH,MIHA,MITE,PACE,PACT,PATE,PATH,PEAT,PECH,PHAT,PICA,PICE,PIET,PIMA,PITA,PITH,TACE,TACH,TAME,TAMP,TAPE,TEAM,TECH,TEMP,TEPA,THAE,THEM,TICE,TICH,TIME,

3-letter words (71 found)

ACE,ACH,ACT,AHI,AIM,AIT,AME,AMI,AMP,APE,APT,ATE,CAM,CAP,CAT,CEP,CHA,CHE,CHI,CIT,EAT,ECH,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAM,HAP,HAT,HEM,HEP,HET,HIC,HIE,HIM,HIP,HIT,ICE,ICH,IMP,ITA,MAC,MAE,MAP,MAT,MEH,MET,MIC,PAC,PAH,PAM,PAT,PEA,PEC,PEH,PET,PHI,PHT,PIA,PIC,PIE,PIT,TAE,TAI,TAM,TAP,TEA,TEC,THE,TIC,TIE,TIP,

2-letter words (24 found)

AE,AH,AI,AM,AT,CH,EA,EH,EM,ET,HA,HE,HI,HM,IT,MA,ME,MI,PA,PE,PI,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 226 words from emphatic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of emphatic

emphatic

Alternative forms

  • emphatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “emphatic”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, present”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, show”); related to ἔμφασις (émphasis) and English emphasis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛmˈfætɪk/, /ɪm-/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /əmˈfætək/
  • Rhymes: -ætɪk

Adjective

emphatic (comparative more emphatic, superlative most emphatic)

  1. Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
  2. Stated with conviction.
  3. (grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to.
  4. (phonology) Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.
    Antonym: plain
    1. pharyngealized consonants in Arabic, Hebrew, other Northwest Semitic languages, and Berber languages
    2. ejective consonants in Ge'ez, Amharic, other Ethiopic Semitic languages, Chadic and Cushitic languages
  5. (phonology, archaic except in layman’s use) Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).

Derived terms

  • emphatic pronoun
  • emphatic state
  • emphatical
  • emphatically

Related terms

  • emphasis
  • emphasise, emphasize

Translations

Noun

emphatic (plural emphatics)

  1. (phonology) An emphatic consonant.
  2. (linguistics) A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as "a lot" or "really".

See also

  • phatic

Anagrams

  • empathic

Source: wiktionary.org