nonsyllabic
ADJECTIVE
11 LETTERS · STARTS WITH N
nonsyllabic is a valid 11-letter word worth 18 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
N1O1N1S1Y4L1L1A1B3I1C3
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 =18 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 36TRIPLE WORD → 54
MEANING
What does nonsyllabic mean?
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong).
“the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny'”
“the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'”
SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
SIMILAR
OTHER · 1 SENSE
1
(of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable.
“initial `l' in `little' is nonsyllabic”
ANTONYMS