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Yes. The word mastic is a Scrabble US word. The word mastic is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (2 found)

MASTIC,MISACT,

5-letter words (4 found)

CAMIS,MAIST,MICAS,TAMIS,

4-letter words (29 found)

ACTS,AIMS,AITS,AMIS,ASCI,CAMI,CAMS,CAST,CATS,CIST,CITS,ITAS,MACS,MAST,MATS,MICA,MICS,MIST,SAIC,SAIM,SATI,SCAM,SCAT,SIMA,SMIT,STIM,TAIS,TAMS,TICS,

3-letter words (31 found)

ACT,AIM,AIS,AIT,AMI,ATS,CAM,CAT,CIS,CIT,ISM,ITA,ITS,MAC,MAS,MAT,MIC,MIS,SAC,SAI,SAM,SAT,SIC,SIM,SIT,SMA,TAI,TAM,TAS,TIC,TIS,

2-letter words (12 found)

AI,AM,AS,AT,IS,IT,MA,MI,SI,ST,TA,TI,

You can make 78 words from mastic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mastic

mastic

Alternative forms

  • mastich, mastiche, mastick

Etymology

From Middle English mastik, from Old French mastic, from Latin mastiche, from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē), from μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “I chew”) (note the chewing gum sense). Related to masticate. The broad sense for cements came via extension from predecessor cements made with the tree's resin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæstɪk/
  • Rhymes: -æstɪk

Noun

mastic (countable and uncountable, plural mastics)

  2. An evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.
    Synonyms: lentiscus, lentisk
  4. A hard, brittle, aromatic and transparent resin produced by this tree and used to make varnishes and chewing gum, and as a flavouring.
    Synonym: tears of Chios
    • 1834, James Augustus St. John, Egypt and Mohammed Ali, or Travels in the Valley of the Nile, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, Volume I, Chapter 132, pp. 322-323,[4]
      […] in many harems, the women are in the habit of burning mastic on a small chaffing-dish, and holding the mouth of the jars over the smoke; by which means they communicate to them a scent which perfumes the water for eight or ten days, at the expiration of which the operation must be repeated.
  6. An alcoholic liquor flavoured with this resin.
  8. (especially Commonwealth English) Any of various cements, usually flexible and waterproof, used as an adhesive, sealant, caulk, or filler.

Derived terms

  • black mastic (Terminalia eriostachya)
  • false mastic (Sideroxylon foetidissimum)
  • mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus)
  • yellow mastic (Sideroxylon foetidissimum)

Translations

See also

  • Mastichochoria
  • (vaguely specified filler): Polyfilla

Further reading

  • Mastic (plant resin) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Mastic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Amcits, Matics, Stimac, misact

Middle English

Noun

mastic

  1. Alternative form of mastik

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mastic.

Noun

mastic n (plural masticuri)

  1. mastic

Declension


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