heliac
/hili,æk/
adjective
6 letters3 syllables11 points in Scrabble®12 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
ADJECTIVE
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)”
WORD FORMS
Starts withH
Ends withC
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®11 points
Words With Friends®12 points
Double word22 points
Triple word33 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latineliachay
Starts & ends withH … C
Syllableshe · li · ac
SYNONYMS & RELATED1
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