synecdochic
ADJECTIVE
/,sɪnɪk'dɑkɪk/
11 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH S
synecdochic is a valid 11-letter word worth 24 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
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WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1Y4N1E1C3D2O1C3H4I1C3
1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 3 =24 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 48TRIPLE WORD → 72
MEANING
What does synecdochic mean?
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it.
“to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech”
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