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DIALECTIC

9 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What DIALECTIC Means

  1. noun: any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
  2. noun: a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction“this situation created the inner dialectic of American history”
  3. adjective: of or relating to or employing dialectic“the dialectical method”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DIALECTIC is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 A1 L1 E1 C3 T1 I1 C3.

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