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Yes. The word psyche is a Scrabble US word. The word psyche is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is psyche a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word psyche is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

PSYCHE,

5-letter words (4 found)

HYPES,PECHS,PSYCH,YECHS,

4-letter words (20 found)

CEPS,ESPY,HEPS,HESP,HEYS,HYES,HYPE,HYPS,PECH,PECS,PEHS,PYES,SCYE,SECH,SPEC,SYCE,SYPE,SYPH,YECH,YEPS,

3-letter words (22 found)

CEP,CHE,ECH,EHS,HEP,HES,HEY,HYE,HYP,PEC,PEH,PES,PYE,SEC,SEY,SHE,SHY,SPY,SYE,YEH,YEP,YES,

2-letter words (7 found)

CH,EH,ES,HE,PE,SH,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 55 words from psyche according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of psyche

psyche

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin psychē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sī'kē, IPA(key): /ˈsaɪ.ki/

Noun

psyche (plural psyches)

  1. The human soul, mind, or spirit.
  2. (chiefly psychology) The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual.
  3. A small white butterfly, Leptosia nina, family Pieridae, of Asia and Australasia.
Translations

Etymology 2

Shortened form of psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”)

Alternative forms

  • psych

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɪk/
  • Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun

psyche (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of psychology.

Interjection

psyche

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of psych

Verb

psyche (third-person singular simple present psyches, present participle psyching, simple past and past participle psyched)

  1. Alternative form of psych

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin psychē, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: psy‧che

Noun

psyche f (plural psyches)

  1. psyche, soul, spirit

Derived terms

  • psychisch

Latin

Etymology

Transliteration of Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, breath”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpsy.kʰeː/, [ˈps̠ʏkʰeː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpsi.ke/, [ˈpsiːke]
  • Hyphenation: psy‧che

Noun

psychē f (genitive psychēs); first declension

  1. mind
  2. spirit

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpsɨ.xɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨxɛ
  • Syllabification: psy‧che
  • Homophones: Psyche, psychę

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin psychē.

Noun

psyche f (indeclinable)

  1. (literary, psychoanalysis) psyche (human soul, mind, or spirit)
    Synonym: psychika

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French psyché.

Noun

psyche f (indeclinable)

  1. cheval glass (long mirror, mounted on a swivel in a frame, allowing it to be tilted)
Related terms

Further reading

  • psyche in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org