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

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Is tropic a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

TROPIC,

5-letter words (4 found)

OPTIC,PICOT,TOPIC,TORIC,

4-letter words (18 found)

CITO,COIR,COIT,CRIP,CRIT,CROP,OTIC,PORT,RIOT,RIPT,ROTI,TIRO,TOPI,TORC,TORI,TRIO,TRIP,TROP,

3-letter words (22 found)

CIT,COP,COR,COT,OPT,ORC,ORT,PIC,PIR,PIT,POI,POT,PRO,RIP,RIT,ROC,ROT,TIC,TIP,TOC,TOP,TOR,

2-letter words (9 found)

IO,IT,OI,OP,OR,PI,PO,TI,TO,

You can make 54 words from tropic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tropic

tropic

Alternative forms

  • trop. (abbreviation)
  • tropick (obsolete)
  • Tropic

Etymology

From Late Latin tropicus (“of or pertaining to the solstice, as a noun, one of the tropics”), from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós, “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɒpɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɒpɪk

Noun

tropic (plural tropics)

  1. Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°27′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics.
    • 1697, John Dryden, The Works of Virgil, Aeneas, Book I, lines 1062-64:
      For since on ev'ry Sea, on ev'ry Coast,
      Your Men have been distress'd, your Navy tost,
      Sev'n times the Sun has either Tropick view'd,
      The Winter banishish'd, and the Spring renew'd.

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Adjective

tropic (comparative more tropic, superlative most tropic)

  1. Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.
  2. (weather, climate) Hot and humid.
  3. (biochemistry, incomparable) Having the quality of indirectly inducing a biological or chemical change in a system or substrate.
  4. Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes.

Usage notes

In chemical sense, not to be confused with similar-sounding trophic – the words and concepts are unrelated.

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • Pictor, protic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tropique.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtro.pik/

Adjective

tropic m or n (feminine singular tropică, masculine plural tropici, feminine and neuter plural tropice)

  1. tropic
    Synonym: tropicesc

Declension

Further reading

  • tropic in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Source: wiktionary.org