Scrabble & Words with friends points
- gothic is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
- gothic is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
- gothic is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13
Definition of gothic
- a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches (noun)
Synonyms
- gothic architecture
- as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened (adjective)
Synonyms
- mediaeval
- medieval
- a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries (noun)
Synonyms
- black letter
- characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque (adjective)
Examples
- gothic novels like `Frankenstein'
- extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas (noun)
- characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German ()
- of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths ()
- of or relating to the Goths ()
See definition of gothic in Merriam Webster