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ablaut

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Is ablaut a Scrabble word?

Yes, ablaut is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 8 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of ablaut?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (phonology) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel.Examples: "I declare to you that Literature was not written for schoolmasters, nor for schoolmistresses. I would not exchange it for a wilderness of schoolmasters. It should be delivered from them, who, with their silly Ablauts and ‘tendencies,’ can themselves neither read nor write."Synonyms: alternationcountableuncountable

verb (English)

1. (intransitive, linguistics, of a vowel-containing linguistic component) To undergo a change of vowel.Examples: "This root must once have ablauted, given the associated nominal derivatives prthii- 'broad', prthivl- 'earth'. However, it does not ablaut at all in its verbal forms."; "What we find is that one cannot predict which members of V a given member of E will cause to ablaut"; "It is these co-opted verbs that tend to ablaut variably in the different Dakotan dialects and that forced morphological restructuring"intransitive

2. (transitive, linguistics) To cause to change a vowel.transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "ablaut"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "ablaut"?

Scrabble
8 points
A1
B3
L1
A1
U1
T1
Words With Friends
11 points
A1
B4
L2
A1
U2
T1

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