polyphone
/pɑli,foʊn/
noun
9 letters3 syllables19 points in Scrabble®21 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
NOUN
1
A letter that has two or more pronunciations.
“`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'”
WORD FORMS
Related formpolyphonic
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®19 points
Words With Friends®21 points
Double word38 points
Triple word57 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinolyphonepay
Starts & ends withP … E
Syllablespol · y · phone
SYNONYMS & RELATED2
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