catalectic
NOUN
/,kæt'əlɛktɪk/
10 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH C
catalectic is a valid 10-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3A1T1A1L1E1C3T1I1C3
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 =16 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48
MEANING
What does catalectic mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot.
BROADER
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OTHER · 1 SENSE
1
(verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot.
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