affricate consonant

NOUN

19 LETTERS · STARTS WITH A

affricate consonant is a valid 19-letter word worth 28 points in Scrabble and 33 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

A1F4F4R1I1C3A1T1E1C3O1N1S1O1N1A1N1T1

1 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =28 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 56TRIPLE WORD → 84

MEANING

What does affricate consonant mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE

A composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy').

SYNONYMS

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