a 1 p 3 h 4 e 1 s 1 i 1 s 1
7 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
originAttested since 1880. Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφεσις (áphesis, “letting go”), from ἀφίημι (aphíēmi), from ἀπο- (apo-, “off”) + ἵημι (híēmi, “send forth”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- aspish 11
- pashes 11
- phases 11
- phasis 11
- pishes 11
- shapes 11
- spahis 11
- aphis 10
- apish 10
- ephas 10
- hasps 10
- heaps 10