aphesis

aphesis is a 7-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.
2. noun. the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'

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