zeugma

1. A construction in which one word or phrase is understood to be related to two or more other words or phrases, while being grammatically consistent with only one of them, as with subject-verb agreement in She was upstairs, and her children downstairs.

2. Syllepsis.

3. The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usually in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with only one (as in “opened the door and her heart to the homeless boy”).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
zeugma	18	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ag	3
am	4
em	4
mu	4
me	4
ma	4
ae	2
um	4
za	11

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
mug	6
meg	6
mag	6
mae	5
gum	6
gem	6
gam	6
gae	4
emu	5
eau	3
zag	13
amu	5
age	4

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
mega	7
maze	15
geum	7
mage	7
gaze	14
gaum	7
game	7
ague	5

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
gauze	15

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
zeugma	18