Definitions For Autokinetic

Adjective

(not comparable) Moving by itself or automatically. (historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.

Usage notes

moving by itself Used mostly to describe the illusion that a fixed object appears to move when stared at.

Etymology

auto + kinetic

Is Autokinetic a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
20

The word Autokinetic is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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