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Is amphiboly a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word amphiboly is a Scrabble US word. The word amphiboly is worth 21 points in Scrabble:

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Is amphiboly a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word amphiboly is a Scrabble UK word and has 21 points:

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Is amphiboly a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word amphiboly is a Words With Friends word. The word amphiboly is worth 23 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

AMPHIBOLY,

7-letter words (2 found)

BIOPLAY,OMPHALI,

6-letter words (7 found)

APLOMB,HOLMIA,HOMILY,LIPOMA,MOPILY,MYOPIA,PHOBIA,

5-letter words (31 found)

ABMHO,ABOHM,ABOIL,AMPLY,APIOL,BALMY,BIALY,BIMAH,BLIMP,BLIMY,BOYLA,HAILY,HAPLY,HIMBO,HIPLY,IMPLY,LAMBY,LIMBA,LIMBO,LIMBY,LIMPA,LOAMY,LYMPH,MILPA,OMLAH,PALMY,PAOLI,PHIAL,PHYLA,PIBAL,PILAO,

4-letter words (75 found)

ABLY,AHOY,AMBO,AMYL,BAIL,BALM,BHAI,BIMA,BLAH,BLAM,BLAY,BLIP,BOIL,BOLA,BOMA,HAIL,HALM,HALO,HILA,HIYA,HOLM,HOLP,HOLY,HOMA,HOMY,HOYA,HYLA,HYPO,IAMB,LAMB,LAMP,LIMA,LIMB,LIMO,LIMP,LIMY,LIPA,LIPO,LOAM,LOBI,LOMA,LYAM,MAIL,MALI,MAYO,MIHA,MILO,MOAI,MOBY,MOIL,MOLA,MOLY,MOPY,MOYA,MOYL,MYAL,OBIA,OHIA,OILY,OPAH,OPAL,PAIL,PALI,PALM,PALY,PIAL,PILA,PILY,PIMA,PIOY,PLAY,PLIM,PLOY,POLY,YOMP,

3-letter words (86 found)

ABO,ABY,AHI,AIL,AIM,ALB,ALP,AMI,AMP,APO,BAH,BAL,BAM,BAO,BAP,BAY,BIO,BOA,BOH,BOI,BOP,BOY,HAM,HAO,HAP,HAY,HIM,HIP,HOA,HOB,HOI,HOM,HOP,HOY,HYP,IMP,LAB,LAH,LAM,LAP,LAY,LIB,LIP,LOB,LOP,LOY,LYM,MAL,MAP,MAY,MHO,MIB,MIL,MOA,MOB,MOI,MOL,MOP,MOY,OBA,OBI,OHM,OIL,OLM,OMA,OPA,PAH,PAL,PAM,PAY,PHI,PHO,PIA,PLY,POA,POH,POI,POL,POM,PYA,YAH,YAM,YAP,YIP,YOB,YOM,

2-letter words (33 found)

AB,AH,AI,AL,AM,AY,BA,BI,BO,BY,HA,HI,HM,HO,IO,LA,LI,LO,MA,MI,MO,MY,OB,OH,OI,OM,OP,OY,PA,PI,PO,YA,YO,

You can make 235 words from amphiboly according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of amphiboly

amphiboly

Etymology

From Old French amphibolie, from Latin amphibolia, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιβολία (amphibolía, “ambiguity”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /amˈfɪbəli/

Noun

amphiboly (countable and uncountable, plural amphibolies)

  1. (grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction.
    • 1781, Kant, "Critique of Pure Reason," from John Meiklejohn 1855 translation
      Without this reflection I should make a very unsafe use of these conceptions, and construct pretended synthetical propositions which critical reason cannot acknowledge and which are based solely upon a transcendental amphiboly, that is, upon a substitution of an object of pure understanding for a phenomenon.

Usage notes

  • Strictly speaking, in an amphiboly the individual words are unambiguous; the ambiguity results entirely from the linguistic manner in which they have been combined.

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See also

  • equivocation

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Anagrams

  • ambophily

Source: wiktionary.org