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10 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet
originFrom Late Latin analphabetus (“unable to read and write; illiterate”), from Ancient Greek ἀναλφάβητος (analphábētos, “illiterate”), from ἀν- (an-, “un-”) + ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos, “alphabet”); analysable as an- + alphabet. The English word was probably influenced by cognate words in other languages such as French analphabète (adjective), German Analphabetus, Analphabet (nouns), analphabeten…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- alphabet 15
- benthal 12
- hatable 12
- hapten 11
- panatela 10
- althaea 10
- ethanal 10
- aheap 10
- aleph 10
- alpha 10
- bathe 10
- beath 10