Ataxic
6 lettersadjectiverareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Relating to or affected by ataxia, describing impaired or absent motor coordination.
“The ataxic patient struggled to perform simple tasks requiring fine motor control.”
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a·tax·ic
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Contains both X and ends in IC, the X in the fourth position is extremely hard to identify without targeted guesses
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X (8 pts) and C (3 pts) combine for a base score of 15, a strong point-scoring play in competitive Scrabble
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