SYNERESIS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SYNERESIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SYNERESIS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYNERESIS is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYNERESIS
No single letter turns SYNERESIS into another word.
How SYNERESIS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SYNERESIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SYNERESIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SYNERESIS
- SYNERESIS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SYNERESIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The merging of two adjacent vowels into one syllable, or the shrinking of a gel as it pushes out liquid.
In verse, syneresis lets a poet squeeze two vowel sounds into one beat to fit the metre. In the kitchen the same word names the watery pool that collects on set yoghurt or custard, which is the opposite of diaeresis in speech.
How SYNERESIS is used
A specialist term in phonetics and in food science; syneresis has a different meaning in each field.
- The poet relied on syneresis to make the line scan.
- Syneresis left a little liquid on top of the yoghurt.
- Linguists call the fusion of two vowels into one syllable syneresis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYNERESIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SYNERESIS
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Common questions about SYNERESIS
- Is SYNERESIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYNERESIS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYNERESIS worth?
- SYNERESIS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYNERESIS mean?
- The merging of two adjacent vowels into one syllable, or the shrinking of a gel as it pushes out liquid.
- What letters can be added to SYNERESIS?
- No single letter can be added to SYNERESIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SYNERESIS:
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