elision
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 7
/ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/
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/ɪˈlɪʒ.(ə)n̩/ · /ɪˈlɪz.j(ə)n̩/ · /ˈɛlɪʃən/
Definition of elision
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- The deliberate omission of something.
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noun
- The deliberate omission of something.
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The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.
“See also: contraction, apheresis, apocope, syncope”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin ēlīsion-, the stem of ēlīsio (“striking out, forcing out”).
Words you can make from elision
94 playable · top: ISOLINE (7 pts)
Best play isoline 7 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
16 words4-letter words
32 words- ENOL 4 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- IONS 4 pts
- ISLE 4 pts
- LEIS 4 pts
- LENO 4 pts
- LENS 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LIES 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINO 4 pts
- LINS 4 pts
- LION 4 pts
- LOIN 4 pts
- LONE 4 pts
- LOSE 4 pts
- NILS 4 pts
- NISI 4 pts
- NOEL 4 pts
- NOES 4 pts
- NOIL 4 pts
- NOSE 4 pts
- OILS 4 pts
- OLES 4 pts
- ONES 4 pts
- SILO 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SLOE 4 pts
- SOIL 4 pts
- SOLE 4 pts
- SOLI 4 pts
- SONE 4 pts
3-letter words
23 words2-letter words
15 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 back
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