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9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
adjective at or near the south pole
originFrom Middle English antartik, antartyk, from Middle French antartique, from Latin antarcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). By surface analysis, anti- + Arctic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- acratic 11
- atactic 11
- arctic 10
- cantic 10
- caract 10
- tactic 10
- tictac 10
- anticar 9
- tantric 9
- cacti 9
- cinct 9
- circa 9