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   Bal·tic

   /ˈbôltik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the Baltic Sea or the region surrounding it.
   • 2. denoting, belonging to, or relating to a branch of the Indo-European family of languages consisting of Lithuanian, Latvian, and Old Prussian.
   • 3. (of weather conditions) very cold: informal British "by all accounts Saturday is going to be pretty baltic"

   noun

   • 1. the Baltic Sea or the Baltic States.
   • 2. the Baltic languages collectively.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from medieval Latin Balticus, from late Latin Balthae ‘dwellers near the Baltic Sea’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

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