TONIC
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tonic is worth 9 points in the game of Scrabble
Definitions for the word, tonic
(a.) Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions.
(a.) Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.
(a.) Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) \" from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation.\"
(n.) A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system.
(n.) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
(n.) The key tone, or first tone of any scale.