hypercatalexis

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Scrabble points: 31
Words With Friends: 32
Letters: 14

Definition of hypercatalexis

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(uncountable)The addition of one or two syllables to the last foot of a verse

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Etymology

Coined in the late 1880s as a back-formation from hypercatalectic, from Latin hypercatalēcticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερκαταληκτικός (huperkatalēktikós), from ὑπερ- (huper-, “over”) + καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “incomplete”)

Words you can make from hypercatalexis

200+ playable · top: ASPHYXIATE (25 pts)

Best play asphyxiate 25 points

12-letter words

1 word

PHYLACTERIES 22 pts

11-letter words

3 words

10-letter words

18 words

9-letter words

76 words

8-letter words

101 words

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