retroflex

retroflex is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Alt. of Retroflexed. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 20 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 19 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Alt. of Retroflexed
2. verb. articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate

   "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"

3. verb. bend or turn backward

   Synonyms: replicate

4. adjective. pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate

   Synonyms: cacuminal

5. adjective. bent or curved backward

   Synonyms: retroflexed

Synonyms

replicate, cacuminal, retroflexed

Common word forms

retroflexed, retroflexes

Words from these letters

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