a 1 f 4 f 4 r 1 i 1 c 3 a 1 t 1 e 1
9 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰriH-o-s Proto-Italic *frios Proto-Italic *friāō Latin friō Latin fricō Latin affricō Latin affricātusbor. English affricate Borrowed from Latin affricātus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- traffic 15
- affect 14
- affaire 13
- affair 12
- affear 12
- affret 12
- farfet 12
- raffia 12
- taffia 12
- tariff 12
- caff 12
- carafe 11