affricate

affricate is a 9-letter English word with 1 sense as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy'). Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 18 · 1 sense

Definitions

1. noun. a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')

   Synonyms: affricative

Synonyms

affricative

Common word forms

affricated, affricates

Words from these letters

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