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What does phoneme mean? Is phoneme a Scrabble word?

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Is phoneme a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word phoneme is a Scrabble US word. The word phoneme is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

P3H4O1N1E1M3E1

Is phoneme a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word phoneme is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

P3H4O1N1E1M3E1

Is phoneme a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word phoneme is a Words With Friends word. The word phoneme is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4H3O1N2E1M4E1

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7-letter words (2 found)

PHENOME,PHONEME,

6-letter words (2 found)

HEMPEN,PHENOM,

5-letter words (3 found)

PHENE,PHEON,PHONE,

4-letter words (21 found)

HEME,HEMP,HOME,HONE,HOPE,MENE,MENO,MOPE,NEEM,NEEP,NOME,NOPE,OMEN,OPEN,PEEN,PENE,PEON,PHON,POEM,POME,PONE,

3-letter words (32 found)

EEN,EME,EMO,ENE,EON,HEM,HEN,HEP,HOE,HOM,HON,HOP,MEE,MEH,MEN,MHO,MOE,MON,MOP,NEE,NEP,NOH,NOM,OHM,ONE,OPE,PEE,PEH,PEN,PHO,POH,POM,

2-letter words (18 found)

EE,EH,EM,EN,HE,HM,HO,ME,MO,NE,NO,OE,OH,OM,ON,OP,PE,PO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 79 words from phoneme according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of phoneme

phoneme

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φώνημα (phṓnēma, “sound”), from φωνέω (phōnéō, “to sound”), from φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). By surface analysis, phone (“speech sound”) +‎ -eme (“unit”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfəʊ.niːm/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfoʊ.nim/
  • Rhymes: -əʊniːm

Noun

phoneme (plural phonemes)

  1. An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
    Hypernym: syntagma

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Further reading

  • phoneme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • phenome

Source: wiktionary.org