heliacal
ADJECTIVE
/hɪ'laɪəkəl/
8 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH H
heliacal is a valid 8-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
H4E1L1I1A1C3A1L1
4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING
What does heliacal mean?
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun.
“the heliacal rising of the Dog Star”
“the heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star)”
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