dieresis

1. Linguistics A mark ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel, such as the final vowel in Brontë, to indicate that the vowel is not silent.

2. Linguistics A mark ( ¨ ) placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate that they are to be pronounced as separate sounds rather than a diphthong, as in naïve.

3. Poetry A break or pause in a line of verse that occurs when the end of a word and the end of a metrical foot coincide.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
dieresis	9	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
de	3
ed	3
er	2
es	2
id	3
is	2
re	2
si	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
dee	4
die	4
dis	4
eds	4
ere	3
ers	3
ess	3
ids	4
ire	3
red	4
ree	3
rei	3
res	3
rid	4
see	3
sei	3
ser	3
sir	3
sis	3
sri	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
deer	5
dees	5
dere	5
desi	5
dies	5
dire	5
diss	5
dree	5
eide	5
eses	4
esse	4
ides	5
ired	5
ires	4
irid	5
iris	4
rede	5
reds	5
reed	5
rees	4
reis	4
ride	5
rids	5
rise	4
seed	5
seer	4
sees	4
seis	4
sere	4
sers	4
side	5
sire	4
sirs	4
sris	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
deers	6
desis	6
drees	6
dress	6
dries	6
eider	6
erses	5
irids	6
issei	5
redes	6
reeds	6
reses	5
resid	6
rides	6
rises	5
seder	6
seeds	6
seers	5
seise	5
sered	6
seres	5
sides	6
sired	6
siree	5
sires	5

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
desire	7
dieses	7
diesis	7
eiders	7
irides	7
irised	7
irises	6
reside	7
resids	7
seders	7
seised	7
seiser	6
series	6
sirees	6

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
desires	8
resides	8

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
dieresis	9