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Is phonetic a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word phonetic is a Scrabble US word. The word phonetic is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

P3H4O1N1E1T1I1C3

Is phonetic a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word phonetic is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

P3H4O1N1E1T1I1C3

Is phonetic a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word phonetic is a Words With Friends word. The word phonetic is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4H3O1N2E1T1I1C4

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8-letter words (1 found)

PHONETIC,

7-letter words (6 found)

CHOPINE,ENTOPIC,HENOTIC,NEPOTIC,PHOCINE,POTICHE,

6-letter words (20 found)

CHITON,CHOPIN,ETHION,ETHNIC,INCEPT,NOETIC,NOTICE,OPHITE,PECTIN,PEINCT,PHENIC,PHONIC,PHOTIC,PICOTE,POETIC,POINTE,PONTIC,PONTIE,POTCHE,TECHNO,

5-letter words (39 found)

CENTO,CHINE,CHINO,COHEN,CONTE,COPEN,EPOCH,ETHIC,HOTEN,INEPT,NEPIT,NETOP,NICHE,NICHT,NOTCH,ONCET,ONTIC,OPINE,OPTIC,PHEON,PHONE,PICOT,PINCH,PINOT,PINTO,PITCH,PITON,POINT,PONCE,POTCH,POTIN,TENCH,THEIC,THEIN,THINE,TONIC,TOPHE,TOPHI,TOPIC,

4-letter words (73 found)

CENT,CHIN,CHIP,CHIT,CHON,CHOP,CINE,CION,CITE,CITO,COIN,COIT,CONE,CONI,COPE,COTE,COTH,ECHO,ECHT,EPIC,ETCH,ETIC,HENT,HEPT,HINT,HIPT,HONE,HOPE,HOTE,ICON,INCH,INTO,ITCH,NICE,NITE,NOPE,NOTE,OCHE,OINT,ONCE,ONIE,OPEN,OTIC,PECH,PEIN,PENI,PENT,PEON,PHON,PHOT,PICE,PIET,PINE,PINT,PION,PITH,POET,PONE,PONT,POTE,TECH,TEIN,THEN,THIN,THIO,THON,TICE,TICH,TINE,TONE,TOPE,TOPH,TOPI,

3-letter words (66 found)

CEP,CHE,CHI,CIT,CON,COP,COT,ECH,ECO,EON,ETH,HEN,HEP,HET,HIC,HIE,HIN,HIP,HIT,HOC,HOE,HOI,HON,HOP,HOT,ICE,ICH,ION,NEP,NET,NIE,NIP,NIT,NOH,NOT,NTH,OCH,ONE,OPE,OPT,PEC,PEH,PEN,PET,PHI,PHO,PHT,PIC,PIE,PIN,PIT,POH,POI,POT,TEC,TEN,THE,THO,TIC,TIE,TIN,TIP,TOC,TOE,TON,TOP,

2-letter words (23 found)

CH,EH,EN,ET,HE,HI,HO,IN,IO,IT,NE,NO,OE,OH,OI,ON,OP,PE,PI,PO,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 229 words from phonetic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of phonetic

phonetic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phōnēticus, from Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētikós). By surface analysis, phone +‎ -etic.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /fəˈnɛt.ɪk/
  • (US) IPA(key): /fəˈnɛt.ɪk/, [fəˈnɛɾɪk]
  • Hyphenation: pho‧net‧ic

Adjective

phonetic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
  2. (linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes).
  3. Relating to the spoken rather than written form of a word or name, as opposed to orthographic.
    All unfamiliar names have been transcribed in phonetic spelling.

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Noun

phonetic (plural phonetics)

  1. (linguistics) In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with semantic (which is usually the radical).

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