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Is hectic a Scrabble word?

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

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Is hectic a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4E1C3T1I1C3

Is hectic a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word hectic is a Words With Friends word. The word hectic is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3E1C4T1I1C4

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6-letter words (1 found)

HECTIC,

5-letter words (2 found)

ETHIC,THEIC,

4-letter words (10 found)

CHIC,CHIT,CITE,ECHT,ETCH,ETIC,ITCH,TECH,TICE,TICH,

3-letter words (15 found)

CHE,CHI,CIT,ECH,ETH,HET,HIC,HIE,HIT,ICE,ICH,TEC,THE,TIC,TIE,

2-letter words (8 found)

CH,EH,ET,HE,HI,IT,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 37 words from hectic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hectic

hectic

Alternative forms

  • hectick (obsolete)
  • hectical (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English etik, ethik, from Old French etique, from Medieval Latin *hecticus, from Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”), from ἕξις (héxis, “a state or habit of body or of mind, condition”), from ἔχειν (ékhein, “to have, hold, be in a certain state”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛktɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛktɪk
  • Hyphenation: hec‧tic

Adjective

hectic (comparative more hectic, superlative most hectic)

  1. (figurative) Very busy with activity and confusion.
    Synonym: feverish
  2. (obsolete) Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin.
  3. (obsolete) Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever.

Derived terms

  • hectically
  • hecticity
  • hectivity

Translations

Noun

hectic (plural hectics)

  1. (obsolete) A hectic fever.
  2. (obsolete) A flush like one produced by such a fever.

Further reading

  • “hectic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “hectic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hectique.

Adjective

hectic m or n (feminine singular hectică, masculine plural hectici, feminine and neuter plural hectice)

  1. hectic

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org