retronym
NOUN
8 LETTERS · STARTS WITH R
retronym is a valid 8-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
R1E1T1R1O1N1Y4M3
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 3 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING
What does retronym mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
A word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate.
“Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so `analog clock' is a retronym”
BROADER