m 3 e 1 t 1 a 1 t 1 h 4 e 1 s 1 i 1 s 1
10 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence
noun a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)
originBorrowed from Late Latin metathesis, from Ancient Greek μετάθεσις (metáthesis), from μετά (metá, “among”) + θέσις (thésis, “placement”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
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- atheisms 13
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- meshiest 13
- shmattes 13
- hesitates 12
- atheism 12
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- messiah 12
- shmatte 12
- theisms 12