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antiphony

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Is antiphony a Scrabble word?

Yes, antiphony is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 17 points in Scrabble.

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

What is the meaning of antiphony?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (music, singing) Alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner.countableuncountable

2. (phonetics) Synonym of apophony (“contrastive vowel modification”).Examples: "Still another phase of language which interests Professor Orr is that of vowel antiphony in the functional development of language; e.g. the “front-back” vowel sequence (tittle-tattle, et patati et patata, etc.)."; "Roman Jakobson gives evidence to show how language uses ‘antiphony’ or vowel opposition in pairs of words with opposite meanings: ‘gleam’ and ‘gloom’, ‘here’ and ‘there’, or in French ‘petit’ and ‘grand’."; "The various types of reduplication […] include full reduplication (tum-tum), […] vowel antiphony (flip-flop, criss-cross) […]"Synonyms: apophonycountableuncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "antiphony"?

Scrabble
17 points
A1
N1
T1
I1
P3
H4
O1
N1
Y4
Words With Friends
18 points
A1
N2
T1
I1
P4
H3
O1
N2
Y4

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