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Is ethnic a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ethnic is a Scrabble US word. The word ethnic is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is ethnic a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ethnic is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

E1T1H4N1I1C3

Is ethnic a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ethnic is a Words With Friends word. The word ethnic is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

ETHNIC,

5-letter words (8 found)

CHINE,ETHIC,NICHE,NICHT,TENCH,THEIC,THEIN,THINE,

4-letter words (21 found)

CENT,CHIN,CHIT,CINE,CITE,ECHT,ETCH,ETIC,HENT,HINT,INCH,ITCH,NICE,NITE,TECH,TEIN,THEN,THIN,TICE,TICH,TINE,

3-letter words (23 found)

CHE,CHI,CIT,ECH,ETH,HEN,HET,HIC,HIE,HIN,HIT,ICE,ICH,NET,NIE,NIT,NTH,TEC,TEN,THE,TIC,TIE,TIN,

2-letter words (11 found)

CH,EH,EN,ET,HE,HI,IN,IT,NE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 65 words from ethnic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ethnic

ethnic

Alternative forms

  • ethnick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English ethnik, from Latin ethnicus ("pagan", "heathen"), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), from ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company", later "a people or nation, heathens”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛθ.nɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛθnɪk

Adjective

ethnic (comparative more ethnic, superlative most ethnic)

  1. Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
  2. Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture.
  3. Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
  4. (historical) Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

Usage notes

Sometimes confused with ethic.

Synonyms

  • (culturally foreign): exotic
  • (heathen): pagan, gentile

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Noun

ethnic (plural ethnics)

  1. An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
  2. (archaic) A heathen, a pagan.
  3. (in classical scholarship) The demonym of an Ancient Greek city.
    • 2006. Cohen. The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin & North Africa, 151:
      "Coinage with the ethnic ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΕΥΦΡΑΤΗΝ survives from the mid-second century A.D."

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Further reading

  • “ethnic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “ethnic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • "ethnic" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 119.

Anagrams

  • Itchen, techni-

Source: wiktionary.org