pheresis
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 8
Definition of pheresis
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)Synonym of apheresis.
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Etymology
In medicine, perhaps a back-formation from compounds such as plasmapheresis. The linguistics term may be a self-referential pun as with haplogy for haplology.
Words you can make from pheresis
159 playable · top: PERISHES (13 pts)
Best play perishes 13 points7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
26 words- HERPES 11 pts
- PERISH 11 pts
- PISHER 11 pts
- PISHES 11 pts
- RESHIP 11 pts
- SPHERE 11 pts
- HIREES 9 pts
- HISSER 9 pts
- RESHES 9 pts
- SHEERS 9 pts
- SHIERS 9 pts
- SHIRES 9 pts
- ESPIES 8 pts
- PEISES 8 pts
- PERSES 8 pts
- PISSER 8 pts
- PRISES 8 pts
- SPEERS 8 pts
- SPEIRS 8 pts
- SPEISE 8 pts
- SPIERS 8 pts
- SPIRES 8 pts
- SPREES 8 pts
- SEISER 6 pts
- SERIES 6 pts
- SIREES 6 pts
5-letter words
40 words- SHEEP 10 pts
- SHIPS 10 pts
- HEIRS 8 pts
- HERES 8 pts
- HIREE 8 pts
- HIRES 8 pts
- SHEER 8 pts
- SHIER 8 pts
- SHIES 8 pts
- SHIRE 8 pts
- SHRIS 8 pts
- PEERS 7 pts
- PEISE 7 pts
- PERES 7 pts
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- PERSE 7 pts
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- PREES 7 pts
- PRESE 7 pts
- PRESS 7 pts
- PRIES 7 pts
- PRISE 7 pts
- PRISS 7 pts
- RIPES 7 pts
- SEEPS 7 pts
- SIPES 7 pts
- SPEER 7 pts
- SPEIR 7 pts
- SPIER 7 pts
- SPIES 7 pts
- SPIRE 7 pts
- SPREE 7 pts
- ERSES 5 pts
- RESES 5 pts
- RISES 5 pts
- SEERS 5 pts
- SEISE 5 pts
- SERES 5 pts
- SIREE 5 pts
- SIRES 5 pts
4-letter words
46 words- HEPS 9 pts
- HIPS 9 pts
- PEHS 9 pts
- PHIS 9 pts
- PISH 9 pts
- SHIP 9 pts
- HEIR 7 pts
- HERE 7 pts
- HERS 7 pts
- HIES 7 pts
- HIRE 7 pts
- HISS 7 pts
- RESH 7 pts
- SESH 7 pts
- SHES 7 pts
- SHRI 7 pts
- PEER 6 pts
- PEES 6 pts
- PERE 6 pts
- PERI 6 pts
- PIER 6 pts
- PIES 6 pts
- PISS 6 pts
- PREE 6 pts
- PSIS 6 pts
- REPS 6 pts
- RIPE 6 pts
- RIPS 6 pts
- SEEP 6 pts
- SEPS 6 pts
- SIPE 6 pts
- SIPS 6 pts
- ESES 4 pts
- ESSE 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- REES 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- SEER 4 pts
- SEES 4 pts
- SEIS 4 pts
- SERE 4 pts
- SERS 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
- SIRS 4 pts
- SRIS 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- HEP 8 pts
- HIP 8 pts
- PEH 8 pts
- PHI 8 pts
- HER 6 pts
- HES 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIS 6 pts
- SHE 6 pts
- PEE 5 pts
- PER 5 pts
- PES 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- PIS 5 pts
- PSI 5 pts
- REP 5 pts
- RIP 5 pts
- SIP 5 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- ESS 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- SEE 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SIS 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
2-letter words
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