synecdoche

1. A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).

2. A figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as for ), the whole for a part (as for ), the species for the genus (as for ), the genus for the species (as for ), or the name of the material for the thing made (as for ).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
synecdoche	21	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
de	3
do	3
ed	3
eh	5
en	2
es	2
he	5
ho	5
ne	2
no	2
od	3
oe	2
oh	5
on	2
os	2
oy	5
sh	5
so	2
ye	5
yo	5

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cee	5
cod	6
con	5
cos	5
coy	8
dee	4
den	4
dey	7
doc	6
doe	4
doh	7
don	4
dos	4
dye	7
eco	5
edh	7
eds	4
end	4
ens	3
eon	3
eye	6
hen	6
hes	6
hey	9
hod	7
hoe	6
hon	6
hoy	9
nee	3
nod	4
noh	6
nos	3
och	8
ode	4
ods	4
oes	3
ohs	6
one	3
ons	3
ose	3
sec	5
see	3
sen	3
she	6
sho	6
shy	9
soc	5
sod	4
soh	6
son	3
soy	6
syn	6
yeh	9
yen	6
yes	6
yod	7
yon	6

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cede	7
cees	6
choc	11
chon	9
code	7
cods	7
coed	7
cone	6
cons	6
cony	9
cosh	9
cosy	9
coys	9
deco	7
dees	5
dene	5
dens	5
deny	8
deys	8
docs	7
does	5
dohs	8
done	5
dons	5
dose	5
dosh	8
dyes	8
dyne	8
eche	9
echo	9
ecos	6
edhs	8
ends	5
eons	4
esne	4
eyed	8
eyen	7
eyes	7
eyne	7
heed	8
hens	7
hods	8
hoed	8
hoes	7
hone	7
hons	7
hose	7
hoys	10
need	5
node	5
nods	5
noes	4
nose	4
nosh	7
nosy	7
oche	9
odes	5
ohed	8
once	6
ones	4
oyes	7
seed	5
seen	4
send	5
sene	4
shed	8
shen	7
shod	8
shoe	7
sned	5
snye	7
sone	4
syce	9
sync	9
syne	7
yech	12
yens	7
yodh	11
yods	8
yond	8

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cedes	8
cense	7
chocs	12
chose	10
codec	10
coden	8
codes	8
coeds	8
conch	12
coned	8
cones	7
coney	10
cosec	9
cosey	10
coyed	11
decos	8
decoy	11
denes	6
dense	6
donee	6
donsy	9
doyen	9
dynes	9
eched	11
eches	10
echos	10
eensy	8
heeds	9
hence	10
honed	9
hones	8
honey	11
hosed	9
hosen	8
hosey	11
hyson	11
needs	6
needy	9
nodes	6
nosed	6
nosey	8
oches	10
scend	8
scene	7
scone	7
secco	9
seedy	9
sheen	8
shend	9
shoed	9
shone	8
sonde	6
sycee	10
sycon	10
synch	13
synod	9
yecch	15
yechs	13
yeesh	11
yodhs	12

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
censed	9
cheesy	14
chosen	11
codecs	11
codens	9
conchs	13
conchy	16
coneys	11
coshed	12
decoys	12
donees	7
doyens	10
echoed	12
echoes	11
echoey	14
encode	9
honeys	12
hoyden	13
noshed	10
sconce	10
second	9
sheeny	12
synced	12
yecchs	16

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
concede	12
conches	14
decency	15
ecdyson	13
encodes	10
honeyed	14
hoseyed	14
hoydens	14
sconced	12
seconde	10
synched	16

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
concedes	13
ecdysone	14

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
synecdoche	21