Is ECLIPTIC a word?
ECLIPTIC is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 58 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, ECLIPTIC is a valid word.
What does ecliptic mean?
noun: the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator.
“all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
ECLIPTIC: word details
- Pronunciation: ihk-LIHP-tihk (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 18 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside ecliptic
Words you can make from the letters of ecliptic.
Solve a whole rack, not just ECLIPTIC
ECLIPTIC is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does ECLIPTIC mean?
ECLIPTIC is a noun. It means: the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator.
Is ECLIPTIC a valid word?
Yes, ECLIPTIC is a valid word. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.