heliac
ADJECTIVE
/hili,æk/
6 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH H
heliac is a valid 6-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
H4E1L1I1A1C3
4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 =11 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 22TRIPLE WORD → 33
MEANING
What does heliac mean?
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun.
“the heliacal rising of the Dog Star”
“the heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star)”
SYNONYMS