CHARACTERISTIC — 14 letter word
characteristic
The word characteristic has 14 letters: C, H, A, R, A, C, T, E, R, I, S, T, I, C. It contains 5 vowels and 9 consonants. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. As a adjective, it means "typical or distinctive".
14 letter word "characteristic": C H A R A C T E R I S T I C — adjective
Scrabble score: 23 Words With Friends score: 25
Letter analysis of characteristic
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | 3 | Consonant | 3 |
| H | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
| A | 2 | Vowel | 1 |
| R | 2 | Consonant | 1 |
| T | 2 | Consonant | 1 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| I | 2 | Vowel | 1 |
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
5 vowels, 9 consonants, 8 unique letters
Definition of characteristic
adjective
- typical or distinctive "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"
noun
- a distinguishing quality Synonyms: distinction
- any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions Synonyms: device characteristic
- a prominent attribute or aspect of something Synonyms: feature
- the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm "in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2"
Words you can make from characteristic(top 10)
- catachrestic
- catechistic
- criticaster
- carritches
- cathartics
- characters
- cicatrices
- caritates
- castrater
- catchiest
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