identikit
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 9
/aɪˈdɛntɪkɪt/
(UK)
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/aɪˈdɛntɪkɪt/ (UK) · /aɪˈdɛntəkɪt/
Definition of identikit
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to construct a likeness of a person sought for a crime.
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noun
- A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to construct a likeness of a person sought for a crime.
adj
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(UK, derogatory, informal, not-comparable)Indistinguishable from each other; mass-produced or mass marketed.
“These identikit destinations have been developed through the activities of multinational tourism organizations.”
“These identikit productions do not require specific performers to bring a new interpretation but require the repetition of the successful event for the paying audience.”
“She guesses it is only a few years old; one of seven identikit mock-Tudor mansions built on a recent cul-de-sac development just outside Chichester.”
“Bellingham is the identikit modern midfield player and the manner in which he combined with Foden for England's second goal, completed by a rousing finish from Kane, was a glimpse into a golden future.”
“The Rue Sainte-Catherine in Bordeaux […] mixes international brands, uniquely French names and small independents in a soft-stone 18th-century backdrop that draws both local residents and visiting tourists—no one wants an identikit high street you can find back home.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Blend of identification + kit, originally a trademark.
Words you can make from identikit
72 playable · top: KNITTED (12 pts)
Best play knitted 12 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
8 words4-letter words
29 words- DIKE 9 pts
- DINK 9 pts
- KIND 9 pts
- KENT 8 pts
- KINE 8 pts
- KITE 8 pts
- KNIT 8 pts
- TIKE 8 pts
- TIKI 8 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DENT 5 pts
- DIET 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- DINT 5 pts
- DITE 5 pts
- EDIT 5 pts
- NIDE 5 pts
- NIDI 5 pts
- TEND 5 pts
- TIDE 5 pts
- TIED 5 pts
- INTI 4 pts
- NETT 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TENT 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TINT 4 pts
- TITI 4 pts
3-letter words
18 words2-letter words
11 wordsFind your best play with identikit
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