alphabetic
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- 19
- Words With Friends
- 22
- Letters
- 10
/ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪk/
Definition of alphabetic
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
“Seycong or his linguistic consultants could use as a model the alphabetic or abugidic scripts of India and Inner Asia […]”
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adj
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Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
“Seycong or his linguistic consultants could use as a model the alphabetic or abugidic scripts of India and Inner Asia […]”
noun
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An alphabetic character; a letter of the alphabet.
“Upper case alphabetics can be composed of two characters: (1) a shift character; and (2) the desired alphabetic character.”
“The natural sequence of alphabetics is A, B, C, ..., X, Y, Z. For some codes, the binary bit patterns of the alphabetics are in the same relative sequence as the alphabetics.”
“Subparagraphs are identified by lower case alphabetics followed by numerics and alphabetics in parentheses and then underlined numerics and alphabetics.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic.
Words you can make from alphabetic
200+ playable · top: PATCHABLE (18 pts)
Best play patchable 18 points9-letter words
1 word8-letter words
3 words7-letter words
19 words6-letter words
37 words- APACHE 13 pts
- BETCHA 13 pts
- BLEACH 13 pts
- CALIPH 13 pts
- CHAPEL 13 pts
- HAPTIC 13 pts
- HEPCAT 13 pts
- PHATIC 13 pts
- PLEACH 13 pts
- BLITHE 11 pts
- CHAETA 11 pts
- CHALET 11 pts
- CHITAL 11 pts
- HABILE 11 pts
- HELIAC 11 pts
- THECAL 11 pts
- APICAL 10 pts
- CABLET 10 pts
- CAPITA 10 pts
- CAPLET 10 pts
- EPICAL 10 pts
- PALACE 10 pts
- PLACET 10 pts
- PLAICE 10 pts
- PLICAE 10 pts
- ALTHEA 9 pts
- HALITE 9 pts
- HIATAL 9 pts
- ABELIA 8 pts
- ABLATE 8 pts
- ACETAL 8 pts
- AECIAL 8 pts
- ALBEIT 8 pts
- ALBITE 8 pts
- APLITE 8 pts
- ATELIC 8 pts
- PALATE 8 pts
5-letter words
80 words- BATCH 12 pts
- BEACH 12 pts
- BELCH 12 pts
- BITCH 12 pts
- BLECH 12 pts
- CHAPE 12 pts
- CHAPT 12 pts
- CHEAP 12 pts
- PACHA 12 pts
- PATCH 12 pts
- PEACH 12 pts
- PITCH 12 pts
- BECAP 11 pts
- BICEP 11 pts
- AITCH 10 pts
- ALEPH 10 pts
- ALPHA 10 pts
- BAITH 10 pts
- BATHE 10 pts
- CHEAT 10 pts
- CHELA 10 pts
- CHIEL 10 pts
- CHILE 10 pts
- ETHIC 10 pts
- HABIT 10 pts
- LAICH 10 pts
- LATCH 10 pts
- LEACH 10 pts
- LETCH 10 pts
- LICHT 10 pts
- PHIAL 10 pts
- TACHE 10 pts
- TEACH 10 pts
- THECA 10 pts
- ABACI 9 pts
- APACE 9 pts
- CABAL 9 pts
- CABLE 9 pts
- CEIBA 9 pts
- CLAPT 9 pts
- CLEPT 9 pts
- CLIPT 9 pts
- EPACT 9 pts
- PIBAL 9 pts
- PICAL 9 pts
- PLACE 9 pts
- PLICA 9 pts
- LAITH 8 pts
- LATHE 8 pts
- LATHI 8 pts
- LITHE 8 pts
- THALI 8 pts
- ABATE 7 pts
- ACETA 7 pts
- AECIA 7 pts
- BALTI 7 pts
- BLATE 7 pts
- BLEAT 7 pts
- BLITE 7 pts
- CLEAT 7 pts
- ECLAT 7 pts
- ILEAC 7 pts
- LABIA 7 pts
- LEAPT 7 pts
- LEPTA 7 pts
- PALEA 7 pts
- PALET 7 pts
- PETAL 7 pts
- PIETA 7 pts
- PILEA 7 pts
- PLAIT 7 pts
- PLATE 7 pts
- PLEAT 7 pts
- TABLA 7 pts
- TABLE 7 pts
- TELIC 7 pts
- TEPAL 7 pts
- TICAL 7 pts
- ALATE 5 pts
- TELIA 5 pts
4-letter words
59 words- BACH 11 pts
- CAPH 11 pts
- CHAP 11 pts
- CHIP 11 pts
- ACHE 9 pts
- BAHT 9 pts
- BATH 9 pts
- BETH 9 pts
- BLAH 9 pts
- CATH 9 pts
- CHAI 9 pts
- CHAT 9 pts
- CHIA 9 pts
- CHIT 9 pts
- EACH 9 pts
- ECHT 9 pts
- EPHA 9 pts
- ETCH 9 pts
- BICE 8 pts
- BLIP 8 pts
- CAPE 8 pts
- CLAP 8 pts
- CLIP 8 pts
- EPIC 8 pts
- EATH 7 pts
- ELHI 7 pts
- HAET 7 pts
- HAIL 7 pts
- HALE 7 pts
- HALT 7 pts
- ABET 6 pts
- ABLE 6 pts
- ACAI 6 pts
- ACTA 6 pts
- ALBA 6 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- ATAP 6 pts
- BAAL 6 pts
- BAIL 6 pts
- BAIT 6 pts
- BALE 6 pts
- BATE 6 pts
- BEAL 6 pts
- BEAT 6 pts
- BELT 6 pts
- BETA 6 pts
- BILE 6 pts
- BITE 6 pts
- BLAE 6 pts
- BLAT 6 pts
- BLET 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- CEIL 6 pts
- CELT 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- CLIT 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- ALAE 4 pts
- ALIT 4 pts
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