characteristic

1. Revealing, distinguishing, or typical of an individual .

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1. A feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait.

2. Mathematics The integral part of a logarithm as distinguished from the mantissa: The characteristic of the logarithm 6.3214 is 6.

3. Mathematics The least number of times the multiplicative identity in a ring needs to be added to itself to reach the additive identity, or, if the additive identity is never reached, zero. The integers have a characteristic of zero; the integers modulus 12 have a characteristic of 12.

4. A distinguishing trait, quality, or property.

5. The integral part of a common logarithm.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
characteristic	23	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aa	2
ae	2
ah	5
ai	2
ar	2
as	2
at	2
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es	2
et	2
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it	2
re	2
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si	2
ta	2
te	2
ti	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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tracer	8
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traits	6
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triacs	8
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triers	6
triste	6
triter	6

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
achiest	12
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aitches	12
archaic	14
archers	12
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trasher	10
trisect	9

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
archaise	13
archaist	13
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artistic	10
attacher	13
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tracheas	13
trashier	11
trichite	13
trictrac	12
tristich	13

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acritarch	16
architect	16
arteritis	9
arthritic	14
arthritis	12
atheistic	14
attachers	14
castrater	11
catchiest	16
catechist	16
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character	16
charities	14
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earthstar	12
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starchier	14
tetrarchs	14
theatrics	14
theriacas	14
thirstier	12
trichites	14
trictracs	13

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acritarchs	17
archaistic	17
architects	17
arthritics	15
carritches	17
cathartics	17
characters	17
cicatrices	16
scratchier	17
tetrarchic	17
tracheitis	15
tractrices	14
triarchies	15

11 Letters	Scrabble® Points
catechistic	20
criticaster	15

12 Letters	Scrabble® Points
catachrestic	21

14 Letters	Scrabble® Points
characteristic	23