orthoepy

NOUN /ɔr'θoʊəpi/
8 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH O

orthoepy is a valid 8-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
O1R1T1H4O1E1P3Y4
1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 =16 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48
MEANING

What does orthoepy mean?

NOUN · 2 SENSES
1

The way a word or a language is customarily spoken.

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VOICE COMMUNICATIONORAL COMMUNICATIONLANGUAGESPEECHSPEECH COMMUNICATIONSPOKEN COMMUNICATIONSPOKEN LANGUAGE
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2

A term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography.

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PHONEMICSPHONOLOGY