initialism
NOUN
/ɪ'nɪʃə,lɪzəm/
10 LETTERS · STARTS WITH I
initialism is a valid 10-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
I1N1I1T1I1A1L1I1S1M3
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 =12 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 24TRIPLE WORD → 36
MEANING
What does initialism mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word.
“`NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately.
“HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
BROADER