amphiboly
NOUN
/æm'fɪbəli/
9 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A
amphiboly is a valid 9-letter word worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1M3P3H4I1B3O1L1Y4
1 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 4 =21 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 42TRIPLE WORD → 63
MEANING
What does amphiboly mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
An ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes.
SYNONYMS
BROADER