Meaning
- (noun) (chiefly in the plural) a writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus
- (noun) Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph
- (noun) (by extension) undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol
- (adjective) Of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols “hieroglyphic obelisk”
- (adjective) Difficult to decipher
Letter breakdown
- Hieroglyphic contains 12 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 8 consonant(s).
- It uses 10 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 26.
Words from these letters
- choler
- cipher
- clergy
- copier
- epilog
- gopher
- heroic
- higher
- highly
- holier
- oilier
- police
- policy
- pricey
- recoil
- recopy
- richly
- ripely
- chile
- chili
- chirp
- choir
- chore
- coyer
- epoch
- glory
- glyph
- gripe
- grope
- hyper
- icier
- icily
- logic
- lyric
- ocher
- ochre
- perch
- peril
- porch
- price
- pricy
- relic
- reply
- chip
- chop
- clii
- clip
- clog
- clop
- cloy
- coil
- cope
- copy
- core
- corp
- crop
- echo
- epic
- ergo
Connected words
Other 12-letter words
- abbreviating
- abbreviation
- abolitionist
- abominations
- abortionists
- abrasiveness
- abridgements
- abstractedly
- abstractions
- abstractness
- abstruseness
- academically
- academicians
- accelerating
- acceleration
- accelerators
- accentuating
- accentuation
Words starting with HIE
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Words ending with HIC
Reader questions
What does Hieroglyphic mean?
(chiefly in the plural) a writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus
How many letters are in Hieroglyphic?
Hieroglyphic has 12 letters.
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