italic

NOUN /ɪ'tælɪk/
6 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH I

italic is a valid 6-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
I1T1A1L1I1C3
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING

What does italic mean?

NOUN · 3 SENSES
1

A branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative.

SYNONYMS
ITALIC LANGUAGE
BROADER
INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGEINDO-EUROPEANINDO-HITTITE
NARROWER
LATINOSCO-UMBRIAN
2

A style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right.

BROADER
CURSIVECURSIVE SCRIPTRUNNING HANDLONGHAND
RELATED
ITALICIZEITALICISE
3

A typeface with letters slanting upward to the right.

BROADER
TYPEFACEFACEFONTFOUNTCASE
RELATED
ITALICISEITALICIZE
OTHER · 2 SENSES
1

Characterized by slanting characters.

“italic characters”

2

Of or relating to the Italic languages.