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Is explicit a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word explicit is a Scrabble US word. The word explicit is worth 19 points in Scrabble:

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Is explicit a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word explicit is a Scrabble UK word and has 19 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

EXPLICIT,

7-letter words (1 found)

PELITIC,

6-letter words (2 found)

ELICIT,EXILIC,

5-letter words (10 found)

CEILI,CLEPT,CLIPE,CLIPT,IXTLE,LICIT,PILEI,PIXEL,PIXIE,TELIC,

4-letter words (25 found)

CEIL,CELT,CIEL,CITE,CLIP,CLIT,EPIC,ETIC,EXIT,ILEX,LEPT,LICE,LIPE,LITE,PELT,PICE,PIET,PILE,PILI,PLEX,PLIE,TEIL,TICE,TILE,TIPI,

3-letter words (27 found)

CEL,CEP,CIT,ELT,ICE,LEI,LEP,LET,LEX,LIE,LIP,LIT,PEC,PEL,PET,PIC,PIE,PIT,PIX,TEC,TEL,TEX,TIC,TIE,TIL,TIP,TIX,

2-letter words (10 found)

EL,ET,EX,IT,LI,PE,PI,TE,TI,XI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 77 words from explicit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of explicit

explicit

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsɪt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French explicite, from Latin explicitus (“disentangled, easy”), variant of explicātus.

Adjective

explicit (comparative more explicit, superlative most explicit)

  1. Very specific, clear, or detailed. [from 1609]
    Synonyms: express, manifest, overt; see also Thesaurus:explicit
    Antonyms: implicit, unexplicit, vague
  2. (euphemistic) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic through clear and direct expressions. [from 1971]
    Synonym: raunchy
    Antonym: circumspect
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Etymology 2

Noun

explicit (plural explicits)

  1. The final few words of a text.
    Antonym: incipit

Etymology 3

Abbreviated from Latin explicitus est līber (“the book is set in order, ended”).

Phrase

explicit

  1. (obsolete) Used at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.

Further reading

  • “explicit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “explicit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

French

Alternative forms

  • excipit (proscribed)

Etymology

Abbreviated from Latin explicitus est liber (“the book is set in order, ended”).

Pronunciation

Noun

explicit m (plural explicits)

  1. end (of a story)
    Antonym: incipit

Further reading

  • “explicit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

explicit

  1. (Late Latin) alternative form of explicuit

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicit.

Noun

explicit oblique singular, m (oblique plural expliciz or explicitz, nominative singular expliciz or explicitz, nominative plural explicit)

  1. end (of a story)

Synonyms

  • finit

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French explicite, from Latin explicitus.

Adjective

explicit m or n (feminine singular explicită, masculine plural expliciți, feminine and neuter plural explicite)

  1. explicit

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

explicit (comparative explicitare, superlative explicitast)

  1. explicit
    Antonym: implicit

Declension

Adverb

explicit

  1. explicitly
    Synonym: uttryckligen

References

  • explicit in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • explicit in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Source: wiktionary.org