iambus

iambus is a 6-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.
2. noun. a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables

   Synonyms: iamb

Synonyms

iamb

Common word forms

iambuses

Words from these letters

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