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Is empiric a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word empiric is a Scrabble US word. The word empiric is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is empiric a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word empiric is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Is empiric a Words With Friends word?

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

EMPIRIC,

6-letter words (1 found)

CIMIER,

5-letter words (7 found)

CRIME,CRIMP,CRIPE,ICIER,PRICE,PRIME,PRIMI,

4-letter words (26 found)

CIRE,CREM,CRIM,CRIP,EMIC,EMIR,EPIC,ERIC,ICER,IMPI,MERC,MERI,MICE,MIRE,MIRI,PERC,PERI,PERM,PICE,PIER,PREM,PRIM,RICE,RIEM,RIME,RIPE,

3-letter words (19 found)

CEP,ERM,ICE,IMP,IRE,MIC,MIR,PEC,PER,PIC,PIE,PIR,PRE,REC,REI,REM,REP,RIM,RIP,

2-letter words (7 found)

EM,ER,ME,MI,PE,PI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 62 words from empiric according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of empiric

empiric

Alternative forms

  • empirick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French empirique, from Latin empiricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρικός (empeirikós, “experienced”), from ἐμπειρία (empeiría, “experience, mere experience or practice without knowledge, especially in medicine, empiricism”), from ἔμπειρος (émpeiros, “experienced or practised in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πεῖρα (peîra, “a trial, experiment, attempt”). Not related to empire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛmˈpɪɹɪk/, /ɪmˈpɪɹɪk/
  • Hyphenation: em‧pi‧ric

Adjective

empiric

  1. Empirical.

Translations

Noun

empiric (plural empirics)

  1. (historical) A member of a sect of ancient physicians who based their theories solely on experience.
  2. Someone who is guided by empiricism; an empiricist.
  3. Any unqualified or dishonest practitioner; a charlatan; a quack.
    • , New York Review, Books, 2001, p.257:
      An empiric oftentimes, and a silly chirurgeon, doth more strange cures than a rational physician.

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Further reading

  • “empiric”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “empiric”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “empiric”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “empiric”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French empirique and Latin empīricus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /emˈpi.rik/

Adjective

empiric m or n (feminine singular empirică, masculine plural empirici, feminine and neuter plural empirice)

  1. empirical

Declension

Related terms

  • empirism
  • empirist

Source: wiktionary.org