syllepsis
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 9
/sɪˈlɛp.sɪs/
(UK)
Definition of syllepsis
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity.
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noun
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity.
- (countable, uncountable)Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, without the formation of a bud or period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.
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Etymology
From Latin syllepsis, from Ancient Greek σύλληψις (súllēpsis), from συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō).
Words you can make from syllepsis
116 playable · top: SLYPES (11 pts)
Best play slypes 11 points8-letter words
1 word7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
30 words- PISSY 10 pts
- SLYPE 10 pts
- YELPS 10 pts
- YIPES 10 pts
- LYSES 8 pts
- LYSIS 8 pts
- SILLY 8 pts
- SISSY 8 pts
- SLILY 8 pts
- SYLIS 8 pts
- YELLS 8 pts
- YILLS 8 pts
- LISPS 7 pts
- PILES 7 pts
- PILLS 7 pts
- PLIES 7 pts
- SIPES 7 pts
- SLIPE 7 pts
- SLIPS 7 pts
- SPEIL 7 pts
- SPELL 7 pts
- SPIEL 7 pts
- SPIES 7 pts
- SPILE 7 pts
- SPILL 7 pts
- ISLES 5 pts
- LISLE 5 pts
- SELLS 5 pts
- SILLS 5 pts
- SISES 5 pts
4-letter words
38 words- ESPY 9 pts
- PILY 9 pts
- PYES 9 pts
- YELP 9 pts
- YEPS 9 pts
- YIPE 9 pts
- YIPS 9 pts
- ILLY 7 pts
- LEYS 7 pts
- LILY 7 pts
- LYES 7 pts
- LYSE 7 pts
- SYLI 7 pts
- YELL 7 pts
- YILL 7 pts
- LIPE 6 pts
- LIPS 6 pts
- LISP 6 pts
- PIES 6 pts
- PILE 6 pts
- PILL 6 pts
- PISS 6 pts
- PLIE 6 pts
- PSIS 6 pts
- SEPS 6 pts
- SIPE 6 pts
- SIPS 6 pts
- SLIP 6 pts
- ELLS 4 pts
- ILLS 4 pts
- ISLE 4 pts
- LEIS 4 pts
- LESS 4 pts
- LIES 4 pts
- SEIS 4 pts
- SELL 4 pts
- SELS 4 pts
- SILL 4 pts
3-letter words
25 words2-letter words
8 wordsFind your best play with syllepsis
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