aphaeresis

NOUN /ə'fɛrɪsɪs/

10 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A

aphaeresis is a valid 10-letter word worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

A1P3H4A1E1R1E1S1I1S1

1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =15 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 30TRIPLE WORD → 45

MEANING

What does aphaeresis mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE

(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'.

SYNONYMS

BROADER