acrolect
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
/ˈæk.ɹə.lɛkt/
(US)
Definition of acrolect
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
13 words5-letter words
33 words- CECAL 9 pts
- COACT 9 pts
- ACTOR 7 pts
- CARET 7 pts
- CARLE 7 pts
- CAROL 7 pts
- CARTE 7 pts
- CATER 7 pts
- CEORL 7 pts
- CLARO 7 pts
- CLEAR 7 pts
- CLEAT 7 pts
- CORAL 7 pts
- CRATE 7 pts
- ECLAT 7 pts
- LACER 7 pts
- OCREA 7 pts
- OCTAL 7 pts
- REACT 7 pts
- RECTA 7 pts
- RECTO 7 pts
- TAROC 7 pts
- TELCO 7 pts
- TRACE 7 pts
- ALERT 5 pts
- ALTER 5 pts
- ARTEL 5 pts
- LATER 5 pts
- OATER 5 pts
- ORATE 5 pts
- RATEL 5 pts
- TALER 5 pts
- TOLAR 5 pts
4-letter words
62 words- CECA 8 pts
- COCA 8 pts
- CROC 8 pts
- ACRE 6 pts
- ACRO 6 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- ARCO 6 pts
- CALO 6 pts
- CARE 6 pts
- CARL 6 pts
- CART 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- CELT 6 pts
- CERO 6 pts
- CERT 6 pts
- CLOT 6 pts
- COAL 6 pts
- COAT 6 pts
- COLA 6 pts
- COLE 6 pts
- COLT 6 pts
- CORE 6 pts
- COTE 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
- LOCA 6 pts
- ORCA 6 pts
- RACE 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- TACO 6 pts
- TALC 6 pts
- TORC 6 pts
- AERO 4 pts
- ALOE 4 pts
- ALTO 4 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- LATE 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- LORE 4 pts
- LOTA 4 pts
- OLEA 4 pts
- ORAL 4 pts
- ORLE 4 pts
- RALE 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- RATO 4 pts
- REAL 4 pts
- ROLE 4 pts
- ROTA 4 pts
- ROTE 4 pts
- ROTL 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TARO 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
- TOEA 4 pts
- TOLA 4 pts
- TOLE 4 pts
- TORA 4 pts
- TORE 4 pts
3-letter words
51 words- ACE 5 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- ARC 5 pts
- CAL 5 pts
- CAR 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- CEL 5 pts
- COL 5 pts
- COR 5 pts
- COT 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- LAC 5 pts
- LOC 5 pts
- OCA 5 pts
- ORC 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- ROC 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LOR 3 pts
- LOT 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
2-letter words
15 wordsHooks
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