initialism
/ɪ'nɪʃə,lɪzəm/
noun
10 letters12 points in Scrabble®15 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
NOUN
1
A word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word.
“`NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization”
2
An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately.
“HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
WORD FORMS
Starts withI
Ends withM
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®12 points
Words With Friends®15 points
Double word24 points
Triple word36 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latininitialismway
Starts & ends withI … M
SYNONYMS & RELATED1
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