hypallage
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- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 9
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Definition of hypallage
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (rhetoric, uncountable)The use of a grammatical modifier which syntactically modifies an item other than the one it belongs to semantically, generating a connection between the two.
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noun
- (rhetoric, uncountable)The use of a grammatical modifier which syntactically modifies an item other than the one it belongs to semantically, generating a connection between the two.
- (countable, rhetoric)A phrase in which this occurs.
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Etymology
From Latin hypallagē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagḗ), from ὑπό (hupó, “hypo-”) + ἀλλάσσειν (allássein, “to exchange”).
Words you can make from hypallage
136 playable · top: HAYLAGE (14 pts)
Best play haylage 14 points6-letter words
7 words5-letter words
28 words- GLYPH 14 pts
- HAPLY 13 pts
- HEAPY 13 pts
- PHYLA 13 pts
- PHYLE 13 pts
- GHYLL 12 pts
- PHAGE 11 pts
- ALEPH 10 pts
- ALPHA 10 pts
- PALLY 10 pts
- PLAYA 10 pts
- AGLEY 9 pts
- GALAH 9 pts
- GALLY 9 pts
- GAYAL 9 pts
- GELLY 9 pts
- AGAPE 8 pts
- ALLAY 8 pts
- ALLEY 8 pts
- HALAL 8 pts
- LAHAL 8 pts
- PLAGE 8 pts
- LAPEL 7 pts
- PALEA 7 pts
- ALGAE 6 pts
- ALGAL 6 pts
- GALEA 6 pts
- LEGAL 6 pts
4-letter words
36 words- HYPE 12 pts
- AYAH 10 pts
- GAPY 10 pts
- HYLA 10 pts
- YEAH 10 pts
- EPHA 9 pts
- HEAP 9 pts
- HELP 9 pts
- PALY 9 pts
- PLAY 9 pts
- YELP 9 pts
- AGHA 8 pts
- AGLY 8 pts
- GLEY 8 pts
- YAGE 8 pts
- ALLY 7 pts
- GAPE 7 pts
- HALE 7 pts
- HALL 7 pts
- HEAL 7 pts
- HELL 7 pts
- PAGE 7 pts
- PEAG 7 pts
- YELL 7 pts
- LEAP 6 pts
- PALE 6 pts
- PALL 6 pts
- PEAL 6 pts
- PLEA 6 pts
- ALGA 5 pts
- EGAL 5 pts
- GALA 5 pts
- GALE 5 pts
- GALL 5 pts
- ALAE 4 pts
- LEAL 4 pts
3-letter words
49 words- HYP 11 pts
- GYP 9 pts
- HAY 9 pts
- HEY 9 pts
- YAH 9 pts
- YEH 9 pts
- HAP 8 pts
- HEP 8 pts
- PAH 8 pts
- PAY 8 pts
- PEH 8 pts
- PLY 8 pts
- PYA 8 pts
- PYE 8 pts
- YAP 8 pts
- YEP 8 pts
- GAY 7 pts
- GEY 7 pts
- HAG 7 pts
- YAG 7 pts
- AAH 6 pts
- AHA 6 pts
- AYE 6 pts
- GAP 6 pts
- HAE 6 pts
- LAH 6 pts
- LAY 6 pts
- LEY 6 pts
- LYE 6 pts
- PEG 6 pts
- YEA 6 pts
- ALP 5 pts
- APE 5 pts
- LAP 5 pts
- PAL 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- AGA 4 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAL 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- LAG 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- AAL 3 pts
- ALA 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALL 3 pts
- ELL 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
2-letter words
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