exocentric
ADJECTIVE
/,ɛksoʊ'sɛntrɪk/
10 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH E
exocentric is a valid 10-letter word worth 21 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
E1X8O1C3E1N1T1R1I1C3
1 + 8 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 =21 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 42TRIPLE WORD → 63
MEANING
What does exocentric mean?
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents.
“when `until last Easter' serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction”
ANTONYMS