doublet
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Is doublet a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of doublet?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (linguistics) One of two or more different words in a language derived from the same etymological root but having different phonological forms (e.g., toucher and toquer in French or shade and shadow in English). See also Appendix:Glossary#doublet.
2. (literature) In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.
3. (lapidary) An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.
4. (printing, US) A word or phrase set a second time by mistake.US
5. (quantum mechanics) A quantum state of a system with a spin of ½, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, −½ and +½.
6. (computing) A word (or rather, a halfword) consisting of two bytes.
Definition source: Wiktionary