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Is relict a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word relict is a Scrabble US word. The word relict is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

R1E1L1I1C3T1

Is relict a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word relict is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

R1E1L1I1C3T1

Is relict a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word relict is a Words With Friends word. The word relict is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1L2I1C4T1

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6-letter words (1 found)

RELICT,

5-letter words (10 found)

CITER,LITER,LITRE,RECIT,RECTI,RELIC,RELIT,TELIC,TILER,TRICE,

4-letter words (28 found)

CEIL,CELT,CERT,CIEL,CIRE,CIRL,CITE,CLIT,CRIT,ERIC,ETIC,ICER,LEIR,LICE,LIER,LIRE,LITE,RICE,RIEL,RILE,RITE,TEIL,TICE,TIER,TILE,TIRE,TIRL,TRIE,

3-letter words (18 found)

CEL,CIT,ELT,ICE,IRE,LEI,LET,LIE,LIT,REC,REI,RET,RIT,TEC,TEL,TIC,TIE,TIL,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,ER,ET,IT,LI,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 66 words from relict according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of relict

relict

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English relicte (“widow”), from Middle French relicte (“widow”), from Late Latin relicta (“widow”), from Latin relictus, past participle of relinquō (“I abandon, I relinquish, I leave (behind)”), from re- + linquō (“I leave, quit, forsake, depart from”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛlɪkt/

Noun

relict (plural relicts)

  1. (formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
    1. (archaic) The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a widow or widower.
    2. (biology, ecology) A species, organism, or ecosystem that has survived from a previous age: one that was once widespread but is now found only in a few areas.
    3. (geology) A structure or other feature that has survived from a previous age.
    4. (linguistics) A survival of an archaic word, language or other form.

Translations

Adjective

relict (not comparable)

  1. Surviving, remaining.
  2. That is a relict; pertaining to a relict.

Related terms

  • delict
  • delinquency
  • delinquent
  • derelict
  • relic
  • relinquish
  • reliquary

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German relikt or Latin relictus.

Adjective

relict m or n (feminine singular relictă, masculine plural relicți, feminine and neuter plural relicte)

  1. (biology) relict

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org