UnscrambleTheWord.co

arc

Is it a Scrabble word? See definition, points, and words you can make.

Is arc a Scrabble word?

Yes, arc is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 5 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of arc?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (astronomy) That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.

2. (geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.

3. (electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge either between two electrodes or as lightning.

4. (narratology) Ellipsis of story arc.Examples: "For while most comics have designated entry points into the story in the form of arcs, Homestuck is one elaborate, self-referencing inside joke collapsed inside its own funhouse mirror reflection."abbreviationalt-ofellipsis

5. (narratology) Ellipsis of story arc.Examples: "I'm hitting the gym three times a week or more at the moment. I'm in my gym bro arc."; "I miss my drawing arc. I feel like I was much more creative back then."Internetbroadly

6. (mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.

verb (English)

1. (ambitransitive) To move following a curved path.Examples: "A warring bloodhunter detected it and skillfully arced his sword through its spinal column before it could return to follow through with its attack."; "Gatland's side got back to within striking distance when fly-half Jones's clever pass sent centre Jonathan Davies arcing round Shontayne Hape."; "The big wheel in the sky He arcs o'er miles and miles"ambitransitive

2. (transitive) To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.Examples: "His mother, her eyes raised to heaven, hands arked before her, moving, made real for John that patience, that endurance, that long suffering, which he had read in the Bible and found so hard to image."transitive

3. (intransitive) To form an electrical arc.intransitive

noun (English)

1. (publishing) Acronym of advance reader's copy, a copy of a book given to a reviewer free in advance for review purposes.Examples: "“One of them came up to me in a signing line and asked for a blurb,” says Jen. “Can you believe it? Title I’ve never heard of, from some small press I’ve never heard of, and she comes up to me with a bound ARC, beaming, like of course I’m going to say yes.”"abbreviationacronymalt-ofcountableuncountable

2. (pathology) Initialism of AIDS-related complex.abbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable

3. (programming, uncountable) Acronym of automatic reference counting.abbreviationacronymalt-ofuncountable

name (English)

1. (nautical, military) The Colombian Navy (Armada de la República de Colombia).

adj (English)

1. (nautical, military, initialism) ship's prefix for warships of the navy of Colombia.initialismnot-comparable

name (English)

1. (historical) A suggested location where the historical figure Joan of Arc, or her father, were from.historical

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "arc"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "arc"?

Scrabble
5 points
A1
R1
C3
Words With Friends
6 points
A1
R1
C4

Browse related word lists

← Unscramble different letters