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Term: tics

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "tics": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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tics

Definitions

Noun

  1. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "tics".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 politics 3 69
2 characteristics 5 52
3 plastics 2 31
4 critics 2 26
5 statistics 3 22
6 mathematics 4 20
7 tactics 2 20
8 gymnastics 3 11
9 athletics 3 9
10 cosmetics 3 7
11 narcotics 3 7
12 linguistics 3 5
13 romantics 3 5
14 antics 2 4
15 logistics 3 4
16 esthetics 3 3
17 mystics 2 3
18 orthodontics 4 3
19 skeptics 2 3
20 aeronautics 4 2
21 fanatics 3 2
22 acoustics 3 1
23 acrobatics 4 1
24 aesthetics 3 1
25 agnostics 3 1
26 anesthetics 4 1
27 antibiotics 5 1
28 ballistics 3 1
29 critics' 2 1
30 dramatics 3 1
31 heretics 3 1
32 optics 2 1
33 phonetics 3 1
34 synthetics 3 1
35 aerobatics 4 0
36 agrigenetics 5 0
37 anaesthetics 4 0
38 analytics 4 0
39 asthmatics 3 0
40 astronautics 4 0
41 attics 2 0
42 automatics 4 0
43 baltics 2 0
44 bionetics 4 0
45 biotherapeutics 6 0
46 celtics 2 0
47 celtics' 2 0
48 charismatics 4 0
49 cognetics 3 0
50 criminalistics 5 0
51 democratics 4 0
52 diabetics 4 0
53 diacritics 4 0
54 diagnostics 4 0
55 dianetics 4 0
56 diuretics 4 0
57 domestics 3 0
58 epileptics 4 0
59 exotics 3 0
60 genetics 3 0
61 geopolitics 5 0
62 helionetics 5 0
63 heuristics 3 0
64 hypnotics 3 0
65 identics 3 0
66 informatics 4 0
67 intermagnetics 5 0
68 kinetics 3 0
69 klezmatics 3 0
70 lunatics 3 0
71 magnetics 3 0
72 metics 2 0
73 numismatics 4 0
74 odetics 3 0
75 onomastics 4 0
76 pharmakinetics 5 0
77 pneumatics 3 0
78 politics' 3 0
79 prosthetics 3 0
80 reprogenetics 5 0
81 robotics 3 0
82 schematics 3 0
83 semantics 3 0
84 semiotics 4 0
85 statics 2 0
86 statistics' 3 0
87 stochastics 3 0
88 synbiotics 4 0
89 synoptics 3 0
90 systematics 4 0
91 telematics 4 0
92 therapeutics 4 0
93 thermoplastics 4 0
94 tics 1 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "tics".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tax 1 201
2 takes 1 86
3 attacks 2 22
4 sticks 1 22
5 stocks 1 18
6 talks 1 18
7 stakes 1 5
8 turks 1 5
9 steaks 1 4
10 ticks 1 2
11 stacks 1 1
12 stock's 1 1
13 tech's 1 1
14 tex 1 1
15 attics 2 0
16 eyetech's 2 0
17 stac's 1 0
18 stake's 1 0
19 stalks 1 0
20 stocks' 1 0
21 stokes 1 0
22 stukes 1 0
23 styx 1 0
24 tacks 1 0
25 talk's 1 0
26 techs 1 0
27 teck's 1 0
28 tikes 1 0
29 tookes 1 0
30 tucks 1 0
31 tuks 1 0
32 tux 1 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "tics".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 sticks 1 22
2 ethics 2 19
3 ties 1 15
4 tips 1 13
5 topics 2 10
6 tricks 1 8
7 antics 2 4
8 ticks 1 2
9 tonics 2 2
10 tits 1 2
11 stoics 2 1
12 optics 2 1
13 tims 1 1
14 tis 1 0
15 tic 1 0
16 toxics 2 0
17 metics 2 0
18 attics 2 0
19 tish 1 0
20 tins 1 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "tics" in a sentence.

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Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "tics" in a sentence.

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Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "tics" in the same piece of text.

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Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "tics".

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Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 94

Sound Alikes: 32

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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