hemiola

1. The articulation of two bars in triple time as if they were three bars in duple time.

2. A musical rhythmic alteration in which six equal notes may be heard as two groups of three or three groups of two.

3. A musical figure in which, typically, two groups of three beats are replaced by three groups of two beats, giving the effect of a shift between triple and duple metre.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
hemiola	12	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ae	2
ah	5
ai	2
al	2
am	4
eh	5
el	2
em	4
ha	5
he	5
hi	5
hm	7
ho	5
la	2
li	2
lo	2
ma	4
me	4
mi	4
mo	4
oe	2
oh	5
oi	2
om	4

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ahi	6
ail	3
aim	5
ale	3
ami	5
elm	5
emo	5
hae	6
ham	8
hao	6
hem	8
hie	6
him	8
hoe	6
hom	8
lah	6
lam	5
lea	3
lei	3
lie	3
mae	5
meh	8
mel	5
mho	8
mil	5
moa	5
moi	5
mol	5
ohm	8
oil	3
ole	3
oma	5

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ahem	9
alme	6
aloe	4
amie	6
elhi	7
haem	9
hail	7
hale	7
halm	9
halo	7
hame	9
heal	7
heil	7
helm	9
helo	7
hila	7
hole	7
holm	9
homa	9
home	9
ilea	4
lame	6
lima	6
lime	6
limo	6
loam	6
mail	6
male	6
meal	6
mile	6
milo	6
moil	6
mola	6
mole	6
ohia	7
olea	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
almeh	10
amole	7
email	7
helio	8
hemal	10
holme	10
homie	10
mahoe	10
maile	7
mohel	10

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
hiemal	11

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
hemiola	12