v 4 e 1 l 1 a 1 r 1
5 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate
adjective of or relating to the velum
adjective produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing')
originBorrowed from Latin vēlāris, from vēlum (“sail; veil, awning”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0