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Is tonic a Scrabble word?

Yes, tonic is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of tonic?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.Examples: "Out in front and across the street, Doc noted half a dozen or so young men, not loitering or doing substances but poised and tonic, as if waiting for some standing order to take effect."

2. (medicine, neuroscience) In a state of continuous unremitting action.Examples: "Peter Redgrave (2007) Basal ganglia. Scholarpedia, 2(6):1825. GABAergic neurones in the basal ganglia output nuclei have high tonic firing rates (40-80 Hz)."

noun (English)

1. (US, Eastern Massachusetts, dated) Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop.USdateduncountableusually

2. (figuratively) Someone or something that revitalises or reinvigorates.Examples: "Charlie ain't no Nazi / She likes to wear her leather boots / 'Cause it's exciting for the veterans / And it's a tonic for the troops."; "'You're a tonic, Dee,' she said. 'And a real friend. Thanks.'"; "The result is the perfect tonic for Newcastle, coming at the end of a week that saw the departure of Andy Carroll to Liverpool on Monday and an injury to Shola Ameobi during Wednesday's defeat at Fulham."figurativelyuncountableusually

verb (English)

1. (medicine, archaic) To restore or invigorate.Examples: "When all signs of effusion, dulness, pain, œgophony, and cough had disappeared he was dieted, stimulated, and tonicked."; "The Persians, as a nation, were first to discover that fish were edible. The time is fixed at about 3000 B.C. This was their secret for some centuries—until the Assyrians learned about the elegance of fish for tonicking the brain."archaic

adj (English)

1. (music) Pertaining to or based upon the first note of a diatonic scale.not-comparable

noun (English)

1. (music) The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.

2. (music) The triad built on the tonic note.

3. (phonetics) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "tonic"?

Scrabble
7 points
T1
O1
N1
I1
C3
Words With Friends
9 points
T1
O1
N2
I1
C4

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