physic

Plural: physics

Noun

a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.
The art or profession of healing disease; medicine.
Natural philosophy; physics.
A physician.

Adj

Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.

Verb

Verb Forms: physicked, physicking, physics

To treat with medicine, especially a purgative.
To cure or heal.
To administer medicine to, especially a purgative.

Examples

I needed to PHYSIC my rack of bad tiles with a strategic exchange.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English phisik, from Latin physicus, from Ancient Greek φῠσῐκός (phŭsĭkós, “natural; physical”), from φύσις (phúsis, “origin, birth; nature, quality; form, shape; type, kind”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).

Synonyms

aperient, cathartic, purgative

Scrabble Score: 16

physic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
physic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
physic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

physic: valid Words With Friends Word