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Is ethical a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ethical is a Scrabble US word. The word ethical is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is ethical a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ethical is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

E1T1H4I1C3A1L1

Is ethical a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ethical is a Words With Friends word. The word ethical is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

E1T1H3I1C4A1L2

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7-letter words (2 found)

ALETHIC,ETHICAL,

6-letter words (7 found)

ATELIC,CHALET,CHITAL,ELTCHI,HALITE,HELIAC,THECAL,

5-letter words (32 found)

AITCH,CHEAT,CHELA,CHIEL,CHILE,CITAL,CLEAT,ECLAT,ELCHI,ETHAL,ETHIC,ICTAL,ILEAC,LACET,LAICH,LAITH,LATCH,LATHE,LATHI,LEACH,LETCH,LICHT,LITHE,TACHE,TEACH,TELIA,TELIC,THALE,THALI,THECA,THEIC,TICAL,

4-letter words (59 found)

ACHE,ALEC,ALIT,CATE,CEIL,CELT,CHAI,CHAL,CHAT,CHIA,CHIT,CIEL,CITE,CLAT,CLIT,EACH,EATH,ECHT,ELHI,ETCH,ETIC,HAET,HAIL,HALE,HALT,HATE,HEAL,HEAT,HEIL,HILA,HILT,ILEA,ITCH,LACE,LAIC,LATE,LATH,LATI,LEAT,LECH,LICE,LICH,LITE,LITH,TACE,TACH,TAEL,TAIL,TALC,TALE,TALI,TEAL,TECH,TEIL,TELA,THAE,TICE,TICH,TILE,

3-letter words (47 found)

ACE,ACH,ACT,AHI,AIL,AIT,ALE,ALT,ATE,CAL,CAT,CEL,CHA,CHE,CHI,CIT,EAT,ECH,ELT,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAT,HET,HIC,HIE,HIT,ICE,ICH,ITA,LAC,LAH,LAT,LEA,LEI,LET,LIE,LIT,TAE,TAI,TEA,TEC,TEL,THE,TIC,TIE,TIL,

2-letter words (19 found)

AE,AH,AI,AL,AT,CH,EA,EH,EL,ET,HA,HE,HI,IT,LA,LI,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 167 words from ethical according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ethical

ethical

Etymology

From ethic +‎ -al, from Late Latin ethicus (“moral, ethical”), from Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛθɪkəl/

Adjective

ethical (comparative more ethical, superlative most ethical)

  1. (philosophy, not comparable) Of or relating to the study of ethics.
  2. (not comparable) Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession.
  3. (comparable) Morally approvable; good.
  4. (of a drug, not comparable) Only dispensed on the prescription of a physician.

Coordinate terms

  • moral (often differentiated on the basis of a distinction between societally conventional and innately righteous)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • ethic
  • ethics
  • ethos

Translations

See also

  • ethical dative

Noun

ethical (plural ethicals)

  1. An ethical drug, one only dispensed on the prescription of a physician.

References

  • “ethical”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • ethical in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
  • “ethical”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “ethical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • alethic

Source: wiktionary.org