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Is polemic a Scrabble word?

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

P3O1L1E1M3I1C3

Is polemic a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3O1L1E1M3I1C3

Is polemic a Words With Friends word?

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

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7-letter words (2 found)

COMPILE,POLEMIC,

6-letter words (2 found)

COMPEL,POLICE,

5-letter words (10 found)

CELOM,CLIME,CLIPE,CLOMP,IMPEL,LOCIE,LOIPE,MELIC,MOILE,OLEIC,

4-letter words (36 found)

CEIL,CIEL,CLEM,CLIP,CLOP,COIL,COLE,COME,COMP,COPE,EMIC,EPIC,LICE,LIME,LIMO,LIMP,LIPE,LIPO,LOCI,LOME,LOPE,MICE,MICO,MILE,MILO,MOIL,MOLE,MOPE,OLPE,PICE,PILE,PLIE,PLIM,POEM,POLE,POME,

3-letter words (33 found)

CEL,CEP,COL,COP,ECO,ELM,EMO,ICE,IMP,LEI,LEP,LIE,LIP,LOP,MEL,MIC,MIL,MOC,MOE,MOI,MOL,MOP,OIL,OLE,OLM,OPE,PEC,PEL,PIC,PIE,POI,POL,POM,

2-letter words (15 found)

EL,EM,IO,LI,LO,ME,MI,MO,OE,OI,OM,OP,PE,PI,PO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 99 words from polemic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of polemic

polemic

Alternative forms

  • polemick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French polémique, from Ancient Greek πολεμικός (polemikós, “of war”), from πόλεμος (pólemos, “war”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈlɛmɪk/, /pəˈliːmɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmɪk, -iːmɪk

Noun

polemic (plural polemics)

  1. A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
    Synonyms: controversialist, disputant, polemicist
  2. An argument or controversy.
  4. A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.
    Synonyms: harangue, screed, rant, tirade, philippic

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Adjective

polemic (comparative more polemic, superlative most polemic)

  1. Having the characteristics of a polemic.

Synonyms

  • polemical

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • compile

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French polémique.

Adjective

polemic m or n (feminine singular polemică, masculine plural polemici, feminine and neuter plural polemice)

  1. polemic

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org