aphesis
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
/ˈæ.fə.sɪs/
Definition of aphesis
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.
“The word "scarp" is derived from "escarp" by aphesis.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Attested since 1880. Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφεσις (áphesis, “letting go”), from ἀφίημι (aphíēmi), from ἀπο- (apo-, “off”) + ἵημι (híēmi, “send forth”).
Words you can make from aphesis
117 playable · top: ASPISH (11 pts)
Best play aspish 11 points6-letter words
7 words5-letter words
22 words4-letter words
37 words- EPHA 9 pts
- HAPS 9 pts
- HASP 9 pts
- HEAP 9 pts
- HEPS 9 pts
- HIPS 9 pts
- PASH 9 pts
- PEHS 9 pts
- PHIS 9 pts
- PISH 9 pts
- SHIP 9 pts
- AHIS 7 pts
- HAES 7 pts
- HIES 7 pts
- HISS 7 pts
- SASH 7 pts
- SESH 7 pts
- SHEA 7 pts
- SHES 7 pts
- APES 6 pts
- APSE 6 pts
- ASPS 6 pts
- PASE 6 pts
- PASS 6 pts
- PEAS 6 pts
- PIAS 6 pts
- PIES 6 pts
- PISS 6 pts
- PSIS 6 pts
- SAPS 6 pts
- SEPS 6 pts
- SIPE 6 pts
- SIPS 6 pts
- SPAE 6 pts
- SPAS 6 pts
- SEAS 4 pts
- SEIS 4 pts
3-letter words
35 words- HAP 8 pts
- HEP 8 pts
- HIP 8 pts
- PAH 8 pts
- PEH 8 pts
- PHI 8 pts
- AHI 6 pts
- AHS 6 pts
- ASH 6 pts
- HAE 6 pts
- HAS 6 pts
- HES 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIS 6 pts
- SHA 6 pts
- SHE 6 pts
- APE 5 pts
- ASP 5 pts
- PAS 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PES 5 pts
- PIA 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- PIS 5 pts
- PSI 5 pts
- SAP 5 pts
- SIP 5 pts
- SPA 5 pts
- AIS 3 pts
- ASS 3 pts
- ESS 3 pts
- SAE 3 pts
- SEA 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SIS 3 pts
2-letter words
15 wordsFind your best play with aphesis
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