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tenuis

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Is tenuis a Scrabble word?

Yes, tenuis is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 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 tenuis?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (linguistics) Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], [k]not-comparable

2. (linguistics) Of obstruents in other languages, not voiced, aspirated, glottalized, or otherwise different in phonation from the prototypical values of the voiceless IPA letters ([p], [t], [k], [f], [θ], [s], [ʃ], etc.).Examples: "The superscript equal sign ˭ is here used to denote the Czech tenuis consonant, in this case the plosive [t˭], which lacks aspiration, in order to contrast it with its aspirated counterpart in English [tʰ]."not-comparable

noun (English)

1. (linguistics) A tenuis consonant.Examples: "The tenuis becomes aspirate in Low-German."; "Since the explosive was a tenuis before a consonant we have -p m- and -t n-; these combinations were mutated to mh and nh in the following examples, the voicelessness of the tenuis being retained after its assimilation"

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "tenuis"?

Scrabble
6 points
T1
E1
N1
U1
I1
S1
Words With Friends
8 points
T1
E1
N2
U2
I1
S1

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