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Is lexis a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lexis is a Scrabble US word. The word lexis is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is lexis a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lexis is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

LEXIS,SILEX,

4-letter words (6 found)

ILEX,ISLE,LEIS,LIES,SEIL,SILE,

3-letter words (11 found)

ELS,LEI,LES,LEX,LIE,LIS,SEI,SEL,SEX,SIX,XIS,

2-letter words (7 found)

EL,ES,EX,IS,LI,SI,XI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 27 words from lexis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of lexis

lexis elxis lxeis xleis exlis xelis leixs elixs liexs ilexs eilxs ielxs lxies xlies lixes ilxes xiles ixles exils xeils eixls iexls xiels ixels lexsi elxsi lxesi xlesi exlsi xelsi lesxi elsxi lsexi slexi eslxi selxi lxsei xlsei lsxei slxei xslei sxlei exsli xesli esxli sexli xseli sxeli leisx elisx liesx ilesx eilsx ielsx lesix elsix lseix sleix eslix selix lisex ilsex lsiex sliex islex silex eislx ieslx esilx seilx iselx sielx lxise xlise lixse ilxse xilse ixlse lxsie xlsie lsxie slxie xslie sxlie lisxe ilsxe lsixe slixe islxe silxe xisle ixsle xsile sxile isxle sixle exisl xeisl eixsl iexsl xiesl ixesl exsil xesil esxil sexil xseil sxeil eisxl iesxl esixl seixl isexl siexl xisel ixsel xsiel sxiel isxel sixel

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Definitions and meaning of lexis

lexis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “diction”, “word”), from λεγ- (leg-, “to speak”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛksəs
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lĕkʹsĭs, IPA(key): /ˈlɛksɪs/,

Noun

lexis (countable and uncountable, plural lexises or lexes or lexeis)

  1. (linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language.
  2. (pedagogy, TEFL) Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations.
  3. The vocabulary used by a writer
    In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand.

Coordinate terms

  • lexicon

Derived terms

  • lexiplacy, lexoplacy (word-coining, word-creation)

Related terms

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Anagrams

  • Silex, silex

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlek.sis/, [ˈɫ̪ɛks̠ɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlek.sis/, [ˈlɛksis]

Noun

lexis f (irregular, genitive lexeōs); third declension

  1. a word

Declension

Third-declension noun (irregular, Greek-type).

Note: The plural form is also spelled λέξεις (léxeis).

Synonyms

  • dictiō
  • verbum

References

  • “lexis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lexis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “lexis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “lexis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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