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Is hircine a Scrabble word?

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

H4I1R1C3I1N1E1

Is hircine a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4I1R1C3I1N1E1

Is hircine a Words With Friends word?

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

H3I1R1C4I1N2E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

HIRCINE,

6-letter words (6 found)

ECHINI,ENRICH,INCHER,IRENIC,NICHER,RICHEN,

5-letter words (7 found)

CHINE,CRINE,ICIER,NICER,NICHE,RHINE,RICIN,

4-letter words (15 found)

CHER,CHIN,CINE,CIRE,ERIC,HEIR,HERN,HIRE,ICER,INCH,NICE,REIN,RICE,RICH,RINE,

3-letter words (18 found)

CHE,CHI,ECH,ERN,HEN,HER,HIC,HIE,HIN,ICE,ICH,IRE,NIE,REC,REH,REI,REN,RIN,

2-letter words (9 found)

CH,EH,EN,ER,HE,HI,IN,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 57 words from hircine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hircine

hircine

Alternative forms

  • hirquine (rare)

Etymology

First attested in its present form in 1650–1660: From Middle English hircyne, from Latin hircīnus (“of a goat”, “goat-scented”); equivalent to hircus (“a male goat”) + -īnus (“-ine”). Cognate with French hircin. Compare caprine, haedine.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːsaɪn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɝsaɪn/, IPA(key): /ˈhɝsɪn/

Adjective

hircine (comparative more hircine, superlative most hircine)

  1. (book word, not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats.
    • 1838, Hypericaceæ, entry in The Penny Cyclopaedia, Volume 12, page 411,
      Many[plants of family Hypericaceae] are objects of ornament, but they are little cultivated because they have frequently a disagreeable hircine odour.
  2. Possessed of an odour reminiscent of goats.
  3. Libidinous; lustful.

Synonyms

  • (pertaining to goats): hircic, (archaic, rare) hircose, caprine, (poetic, rare) goaten, goatish, goaty
  • (goat-scented): goaty, (botany and zoölogy) hircinous, (archaic, rare) hircose
  • (excessively desirous): lascivious, libidinous, lustful, lusty

Derived terms

  • hircinous

Translations

Noun

hircine (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A fossil amorphous resin which, when burnt, gives off a pungent, hircinous aroma.

Synonyms

  • (hircinous resin): hircite

References


Source: wiktionary.org