anaptyctic

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Scrabble points: 19
Words With Friends: 22
Letters: 10

Pronunciation

/ænəpˈtɪktək/

Definition of anaptyctic

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)Of or pertaining to anaptyxis; of a vowel having been inserted into a word.

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Etymology

From New Latin anaptycticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπτυκτος (anáptuktos, “that may be opened”) + -icus (adjectival suffix), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up; again; back”) + πτυκτός (ptuktós, “folded”), from the stem of πτύσσω (ptússō, “to fold”) + τός (tós, suffix forming verbal adjectives).

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CAPACITY 17 pts

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4-letter words

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3-letter words

37 words

2-letter words

13 words

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