c 3 a 1 t 1 a 1 l 1 e 1 c 3 t 1 i 1 c 3
10 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot
adjective (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot
originFrom Latin catalecticus, from Ancient Greek καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “leaving off, incomplete”) from κατάληξις (katálēxis).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- tactical 12
- calcic 12
- atactic 11
- calcite 11
- ectatic 11
- accite 10
- acetic 10
- alcaic 10
- caecal 10
- celiac 10
- cicala 10
- cicale 10