acrolect

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈæk.ɹə.lɛkt/ (US)

Definition of acrolect

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The variety of speech that is considered most suitable for formal occasions (typically using only standard forms).
    “In one dimension change is directed toward the acrolect, the “typical” change in the creole continuum.”
    “At the other end of the continuum is the most standard speech, the acrolect. In between is a gradient of forms with many successive levels, the mesolects.”

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Etymology

From acro- (“tip; peak”) + -lect, coined by William Alexander Stewart in 1965.

Words you can make from acrolect

177 playable · top: CORACLE (11 pts)

Best play coracle 11 points

7-letter words

2 words

6-letter words

13 words

5-letter words

33 words

4-letter words

62 words

3-letter words

51 words

2-letter words

15 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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