Scrabble & Words with friends points
- specific is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 17
- specific is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
- specific is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 20
Definition of specific
- a fact about some part (as opposed to general) (noun)
Synonyms
- particular
- a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease (noun)
Examples
- quinine is a specific for malaria
- being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides (adjective)
Examples
- quinine is highly specific for malaria
- a specific remedy
- a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements
- (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique (adjective)
Examples
- rules with specific application
- demands specific to the job
- a specific and detailed account of the accident
- stated explicitly or in detail (adjective)
Examples
- needed a specific amount
- relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species ()
Examples
- specific characters
See definition of specific in Merriam Webster