stic- root words — words with the stic- root

The root stic- comes from Greek stichos, meaning line, row. 16 words in Dendril are built from it, including acrostic, distich, distichous, hemistich, heptastich, hexastich, monostich, orthostichy, pentastich, stich, stichometry, stichomythia. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the stic- root

Explore words with stic- — words containing the stic- root and sharing its sense of "line, row". Examples include acrostic, distich, distichous, hemistich, heptastich, hexastich, monostich, orthostichy, pentastich, stich, stichometry, stichomythia. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The stic- root means line, row, from Greek stichos. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.