dias

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
5
Letters
4

Definition of dias

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of dais.
    “The princess's shield is at the head of it, and the feet are raised entirely above the floor of the room, on a dias which projects at the lower end so as to form a seat, on which the child has laid her crown.”
    “A wizened figure who moved slowly up the steps of the dias but who spoke in a booming voice, he seized on the occasion to read the dissident group's "last will and testament" and to tell the assembled delegates about a different vision of socialism.”

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Etymology

Influenced by the (disputed) pronunciation /ˈdaɪ.əs/; cf. bias.

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