p 3 a 1 r 1 e 1 n 1 t 1 h 4 e 1 s 1 i 1 s 1
11 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material
noun a message that departs from the main subject
originLearned borrowing from Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis, “insertion”). By surface analysis, par- + en- + thesis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
Words from these letters
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- interphase 15
- apheresis 14
- inspheres 14
- nephrites 14
- perianths 14
- pharisees 14
- phrensies 14
- spheriest 14
- therapies 14
- thespians 14
- tranships 14