merism

1. Referring to something by its polar extremes.

2. Referring to something by a list of its parts.

3. The repetition of parts in an organism in such a way as to form a regular pattern, as in radial and bilateral symmetry, serial homology, etc.

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Here are some other words you could make with the letters merism

Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
mimers	10	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
er	2
em	4
mm	6
mi	4
me	4
re	2
is	2
si	2
es	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
res	3
rem	5
rei	3
rim	5
ser	3
sim	5
sir	3
sri	3
sei	3
ems	5
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mis	5
mir	5
mim	7
mem	7
ism	5
ire	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
mime	8
rise	4
rims	6
rime	6
rems	6
reis	4
emir	6
sire	4
ires	4
semi	6
mise	6
mirs	6
mire	6
mems	8

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
mimes	9
rimes	7
miser	7
mires	7
mimer	9
emirs	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
mimers	10
simmer	10