9 letters · 23 points in Scrabble
verb divide into syllables
verb utter with distinct articulation of each syllable
originFrom Medieval Latin syllabizō, from Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰβῐ́ζω (sŭllăbĭ́zō), from σῠλλᾰβή (sŭllăbḗ, “syllable”) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, “-ize”).
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