s 1 y 4 n 1 e 1 c 3 d 2 o 1 c 3 h 4 e 1
10 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
originBorrowed from Latin synecdochē, from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”) from σύν (sún, “with”) + ἐκ (ek, “out of”) + δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to accept”), this last element related to δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, suppose, seem”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- synched 16
- conchy 16
- yecchs 16
- decency 15
- yecch 15
- ecdysone 14
- conches 14
- honeyed 14
- hoseyed 14
- hoydens 14
- cheesy 14
- echoey 14