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Is septic a Scrabble word?

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

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Is septic a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word septic is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Yes. The word septic is a Words With Friends word. The word septic is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

SEPTIC,

5-letter words (12 found)

CESTI,CITES,EPICS,ETICS,PIETS,PISTE,SEPIC,SPECT,SPICE,SPITE,STIPE,TICES,

4-letter words (33 found)

CEPS,CIST,CITE,CITS,EPIC,ETIC,ICES,PECS,PEST,PETS,PICE,PICS,PIES,PIET,PISE,PITS,SECT,SEPT,SICE,SIPE,SITE,SPEC,SPET,SPIC,SPIE,SPIT,STEP,STIE,TECS,TICE,TICS,TIES,TIPS,

3-letter words (27 found)

CEP,CIS,CIT,EST,ICE,ITS,PEC,PES,PET,PIC,PIE,PIS,PIT,PSI,PST,SEC,SEI,SET,SIC,SIP,SIT,TEC,TES,TIC,TIE,TIP,TIS,

2-letter words (10 found)

ES,ET,IS,IT,PE,PI,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 84 words from septic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of septic

septic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛp.tɪk/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek σηπτικός (sēptikós, “characterized by putridity”), from σηπτός (sēptós), from σήπω (sḗpō).

Alternative forms

  • septick (obsolete)

Adjective

septic (comparative more septic, superlative most septic)

  1. Of or pertaining to sepsis.
  2. Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
  3. Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • antiseptic
  • asepsis
  • aseptic
  • sepsis
  • septic shock
  • septic tank
  • septicemia
  • septicity
Translations

Noun

septic (plural septics)

  1. A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
    • 1750, John Pringle, Further Experiments on Substances Resisting Putrefaction, in 1809, Charles Hutton, George Shaw, Richard Pearson (editors), The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume X: 1750—1755, page 86,
      But, in the prosecution of this subject, he had met with very few real septics; and found many substances, commonly accounted such, of a quite opposite nature.
  2. (medicine, dated) A person who has sepsis.
  3. A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.
Coordinate terms

(septic tank, septic system):

Related terms

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

From Latin septem (“seven”) +‎ -ic.

Noun

septic (plural septics)

  1. (mathematics) A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.

Adjective

septic (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Of the seventh degree or order.

Etymology 3

Short form of Cockney rhyming slang septic tank (“Yank”).

Alternative forms

  • Septic

Noun

septic (plural septics)

  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, rhyming slang, derogatory) An American, a Yank.
    • 1998 April 21, Justin Downey, “Re: rachel is awful cute!”, alt.nuke.the.USA, aus.flame.usa, and alt.flame:
      Typical septic. Can't understand why the rest of the world thinks he's a fuck-knuckle.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French septique.

Adjective

septic m or n (feminine singular septică, masculine plural septici, feminine and neuter plural septice)

  1. septic

Declension


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