Definitions for extinct

extinct ex·tinct

Spelling: [ik-stingkt]
IPA: /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/

Extinct is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in extinct (ceinttx).

Definitions for extinct

adjective

  1. no longer in existence; that has ended or died out:
  2. no longer in use; obsolete:
  3. extinguished; quenched; not burning.
  4. having ceased eruption; no longer active:

Origin of extinct

1400-50; late Middle English Latin ex(s)tinctus put out, quenched, past participle of ex(s)tinguere to extinguish

Examples for extinct

Bringing Them Back to Life Carl Zimmer, National Geographic The revival of an extinct species is no longer a fantasy.

He looks exhausted, care-worn, spiritless, (p. 242) extinct.

If Black rhino were to become another creature on the growing list of extinct species, it would be a loss for us all.

And I take liberal Zionism seriously enough to defend it against those who wish to make it extinct.

Where there is desire, there must be discontent: if we are satisfied with all things, desire is extinct.

An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin.

Who could be sure that the old megalosauri, and megalichthys were extinct?

Wild tigers are rare in China, with some varieties now believed to be extinct.

An extinct pachyderm that flourished when the Pterodactyl was in fashion.

So while the divas are fewer in number in 2014, they are far from extinct.

Word Value for extinct
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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