Definition of extinct

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• extinct is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 16
• extinct is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 16
• extinct is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18

Definition of extinct

• no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives (adjective)

  Examples

  1. an extinct species of fish
  2. an extinct royal family
  3. extinct laws and customs

  Synonyms

  1. nonextant
• being out or having grown cold (adjective)

  Examples

  1. threw his extinct cigarette into the stream

  Synonyms

  1. out
• (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive (adjective)

  Examples

  1. an extinct volcano

See definition of extinct in Merriam Webster