polyphone
NOUN
/pɑli,foʊn/
9 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH P
polyphone is a valid 9-letter word worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3O1L1Y4P3H4O1N1E1
3 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 =19 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 38TRIPLE WORD → 57
MEANING
What does polyphone mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
A letter that has two or more pronunciations.
“`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'”
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