ecdysiast
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 9
/ɛkˈdɪz.i.æst/
Definition of ecdysiast
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncommon)An erotic dancer who removes their clothes as a form of entertainment; a stripper.
“I had never seen an ecdysiast before; toward the end she was wearing nothing but seven beads, four of them sweat.”
“However, the Queen of Ecdysiasts, Gypsy Rose Lee, was not amused. In a 1940 interview, she leveled her guns against Mencken: "Ecdysiast, he calls me! Why, the man... has been reading books! Dictionaries! We don't wear feathers and molt them off... What does he know about stripping?"”
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Etymology
Coined by H. L. Mencken from ecdysis (“moulting”) (on the model of enthusiast etc.).
Words you can make from ecdysiast
200+ playable · top: ECDYSIS (13 pts)
Best play ecdysis 13 points7-letter words
9 words6-letter words
29 words- DECAYS 12 pts
- CYESIS 11 pts
- SAYEDS 10 pts
- SAYIDS 10 pts
- STAYED 10 pts
- STEADY 10 pts
- ASDICS 9 pts
- CADETS 9 pts
- CISTED 9 pts
- DACITE 9 pts
- DICAST 9 pts
- EDICTS 9 pts
- SAYEST 9 pts
- YEASTS 9 pts
- CASTES 8 pts
- CESTAS 8 pts
- SAICES 8 pts
- ASIDES 7 pts
- DAISES 7 pts
- DASSIE 7 pts
- DEISTS 7 pts
- DESIST 7 pts
- SADIST 7 pts
- STADES 7 pts
- STEADS 7 pts
- TSADES 7 pts
- TSADIS 7 pts
- SIESTA 6 pts
- TASSIE 6 pts
5-letter words
84 words- ACIDY 11 pts
- DECAY 11 pts
- DICEY 11 pts
- DICTY 11 pts
- CISSY 10 pts
- CYSTS 10 pts
- SYCES 10 pts
- DAISY 9 pts
- DEITY 9 pts
- DITSY 9 pts
- SAYED 9 pts
- SAYID 9 pts
- STYED 9 pts
- ACIDS 8 pts
- ACTED 8 pts
- ASDIC 8 pts
- CADES 8 pts
- CADET 8 pts
- CADIS 8 pts
- CAIDS 8 pts
- CASED 8 pts
- CEDIS 8 pts
- CITED 8 pts
- DACES 8 pts
- DICES 8 pts
- DICTA 8 pts
- DISCS 8 pts
- EDICT 8 pts
- ESSAY 8 pts
- EYASS 8 pts
- SAYST 8 pts
- SCADS 8 pts
- STAYS 8 pts
- STYES 8 pts
- YEAST 8 pts
- YETIS 8 pts
- CASES 7 pts
- CASTE 7 pts
- CASTS 7 pts
- CATES 7 pts
- CESTA 7 pts
- CESTI 7 pts
- CISTS 7 pts
- CITES 7 pts
- ETICS 7 pts
- SAICE 7 pts
- SCATS 7 pts
- SECTS 7 pts
- SICES 7 pts
- TACES 7 pts
- ADITS 6 pts
- AIDES 6 pts
- ASIDE 6 pts
- DATES 6 pts
- DEIST 6 pts
- DESIS 6 pts
- DIETS 6 pts
- DITAS 6 pts
- DITES 6 pts
- EDITS 6 pts
- IDEAS 6 pts
- SADES 6 pts
- SADIS 6 pts
- SAIDS 6 pts
- SATED 6 pts
- SIDES 6 pts
- SITED 6 pts
- STADE 6 pts
- STAID 6 pts
- STEAD 6 pts
- STIED 6 pts
- TASED 6 pts
- TIDES 6 pts
- TSADE 6 pts
- TSADI 6 pts
- ASSET 5 pts
- EASTS 5 pts
- SATES 5 pts
- SATIS 5 pts
- SEATS 5 pts
- SITES 5 pts
- STIES 5 pts
- TASES 5 pts
- TASSE 5 pts
4-letter words
77 words- CAYS 9 pts
- CITY 9 pts
- CYST 9 pts
- DAYS 8 pts
- DEYS 8 pts
- DYES 8 pts
- ACED 7 pts
- ACID 7 pts
- AYES 7 pts
- CADE 7 pts
- CADI 7 pts
- CADS 7 pts
- CAID 7 pts
- CEDI 7 pts
- DACE 7 pts
- DICE 7 pts
- DISC 7 pts
- EASY 7 pts
- EYAS 7 pts
- ICED 7 pts
- SAYS 7 pts
- SCAD 7 pts
- STAY 7 pts
- STEY 7 pts
- STYE 7 pts
- ACES 6 pts
- ACTS 6 pts
- ASCI 6 pts
- CASE 6 pts
- CAST 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- CATS 6 pts
- CESS 6 pts
- CIST 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- ICES 6 pts
- SACS 6 pts
- SCAT 6 pts
- SECS 6 pts
- SECT 6 pts
- SICE 6 pts
- SICS 6 pts
- ADIT 5 pts
- AIDE 5 pts
- AIDS 5 pts
- DAIS 5 pts
- DATE 5 pts
- DESI 5 pts
- DIES 5 pts
- DIET 5 pts
- DISS 5 pts
- DITA 5 pts
- DITE 5 pts
- DITS 5 pts
- EDIT 5 pts
- IDEA 5 pts
- IDES 5 pts
- SADE 5 pts
- SADI 5 pts
- SAID 5 pts
- SIDE 5 pts
- AITS 4 pts
- ATES 4 pts
- EAST 4 pts
- EATS 4 pts
- ESTS 4 pts
- ETAS 4 pts
- SATE 4 pts
- SATI 4 pts
- SEAS 4 pts
- SEAT 4 pts
- SEIS 4 pts
- SETA 4 pts
- SETS 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
- SITS 4 pts
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