chiasmus

1. A rhetorical inversion of the second of two parallel structures, as in "Each throat/Was parched, and glazed each eye” ( Samuel Taylor Coleridge).

2. An inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases (as in Goldsmith's ).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
chiasmus	15	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ah	5
ai	2
am	4
as	2
ha	5
hi	5
hm	7
is	2
ma	4
mi	4
mu	4
sh	5
si	2
uh	5
um	4
us	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ahi	6
ahs	6
aim	5
ais	3
ami	5
amu	5
ash	6
ass	3
cam	7
chi	8
cis	5
cum	7
ham	8
has	6
hic	8
him	8
his	6
hum	8
ich	8
ism	5
mac	7
mas	5
mic	7
mis	5
mus	5
sac	5
sau	3
sha	6
sic	5
sim	5
sis	3
sum	5
sus	3
ums	5

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ahis	7
aims	6
amis	6
amus	6
asci	6
cami	8
cams	8
cash	9
chai	9
cham	11
chia	9
chis	9
chum	11
cuss	6
hams	9
hims	9
hiss	7
huic	9
hums	9
ichs	9
isms	6
mach	11
macs	8
mash	9
mass	6
mica	8
mics	8
miss	6
much	11
mush	9
muss	6
sacs	6
sash	7
scam	8
scum	8
sham	9
shim	9
sics	6
sima	6
sims	6
such	9
sumi	6
sums	6

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
amiss	7
ascus	7
camis	9
casus	7
chais	10
chams	12
chasm	12
chias	10
chums	12
cuish	10
humic	12
machs	12
micas	9
musca	9
music	9
sauch	10
scams	9
scums	9
shams	10
shims	10
simas	7
smash	10
smush	10
sumac	9
sumis	7
sushi	8
umiac	9

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
amicus	10
chasms	13
chiasm	13
chiaus	11
musics	10
samshu	11
sauchs	11
schism	13
shamus	11
shumai	11
simcha	13
sumach	13
sumacs	10
umiacs	10

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
chiasms	14
hassium	12
simchas	14
sumachs	14

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
chiasmus	15