alphabetic
Meanings
Plural: alphabetics
Adjective
- relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet
- "alphabetical writing system"
- arranged in order according to the alphabet
- "an alphabetic arrangement"
- "dictionaries list words in alphabetical order"
Adj
- Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
Noun
- An alphabetic character; a letter of the alphabet.
Origin / Etymology
Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic.
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Scrabble Score: 19
alphabetic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordalphabetic is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
alphabetic is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 22
alphabetic is a valid Words With Friends word