allomorph
NOUN
/ælə,mɔrf/
9 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A
allomorph is a valid 9-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1L1L1O1M3O1R1P3H4
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 =16 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48
MEANING
What does allomorph mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
Any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound.
“calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite”
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2
A variant phonological representation of a morpheme.
“the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme”
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