cacophony
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 21
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 9
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Definition of cacophony
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
“1921-1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator, Not more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the supernal terror and unnatural despair of animate nature.”
“A blistering start from the Scots served to steady the ship amid a cacophony that defied the quarter-full national stadium.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κᾰκός (kăkós) Ancient Greek κακο- (kako-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) Ancient Greek κᾰκόφωνος (kăkóphōnos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek…
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek κᾰκός (kăkós) Ancient Greek κακο- (kako-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) Ancient Greek κᾰκόφωνος (kăkóphōnos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek κᾰκοφωνῐ́ᾱ (kăkophōnĭ́ā)bor. French cacophonieder. English cacophony From French cacophonie, from Ancient Greek κακοφωνία (kakophōnía), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), equivalent to caco- + -phony.
Words you can make from cacophony
107 playable · top: CHANCY (16 pts)
Best play chancy 16 points6-letter words
7 words5-letter words
16 words4-letter words
29 words- ACHY 12 pts
- CHAY 12 pts
- HYPO 12 pts
- CAPH 11 pts
- CHAP 11 pts
- CHOC 11 pts
- CHOP 11 pts
- COPY 11 pts
- PACY 11 pts
- AHOY 10 pts
- HOYA 10 pts
- NYAH 10 pts
- CHAO 9 pts
- CHON 9 pts
- COHO 9 pts
- CONY 9 pts
- CYAN 9 pts
- HOOP 9 pts
- OPAH 9 pts
- PHON 9 pts
- PONY 9 pts
- POOH 9 pts
- CAPO 8 pts
- COCA 8 pts
- COCO 8 pts
- COOP 8 pts
- POCO 8 pts
- COON 6 pts
- POON 6 pts
3-letter words
39 words- HYP 11 pts
- HAY 9 pts
- HOY 9 pts
- YAH 9 pts
- CAY 8 pts
- COY 8 pts
- HAP 8 pts
- HOP 8 pts
- OCH 8 pts
- PAH 8 pts
- PAY 8 pts
- PHO 8 pts
- POH 8 pts
- PYA 8 pts
- YAP 8 pts
- CAP 7 pts
- COP 7 pts
- PAC 7 pts
- ANY 6 pts
- HAO 6 pts
- HON 6 pts
- HOO 6 pts
- NAH 6 pts
- NAY 6 pts
- NOH 6 pts
- OHO 6 pts
- OOH 6 pts
- YON 6 pts
- APO 5 pts
- CAN 5 pts
- CON 5 pts
- COO 5 pts
- NAP 5 pts
- OCA 5 pts
- OPA 5 pts
- PAN 5 pts
- POO 5 pts
- NOO 3 pts
- ONO 3 pts
2-letter words
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