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Is prosody a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word prosody is a Scrabble US word. The word prosody is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

P3R1O1S1O1D2Y4

Is prosody a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word prosody is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

P3R1O1S1O1D2Y4

Is prosody a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word prosody is a Words With Friends word. The word prosody is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

PROSODY,

6-letter words (3 found)

DROOPS,DROOPY,DROPSY,

5-letter words (20 found)

DOORS,DORPS,DROOP,DROPS,ODORS,ORDOS,POODS,PRODS,PROSO,PROSY,PYROS,ROODS,ROOPS,ROOPY,SOPOR,SORDO,SPOOR,SPROD,YOOPS,YORPS,

4-letter words (40 found)

DOOR,DOOS,DOPS,DOPY,DORP,DORS,DORY,DOYS,DROP,DRYS,ODOR,ODSO,OOPS,OOSY,ORDO,ORDS,PODS,POOD,POOR,POOS,PORY,POSY,PROD,PROO,PROS,PRYS,PYRO,RODS,ROOD,ROOP,ROOS,ROPY,ROSY,SOOP,SORD,SPOD,SPRY,YODS,YOOP,YORP,

3-letter words (27 found)

DOO,DOP,DOR,DOS,DOY,DRY,DSO,ODS,OOP,OOR,OOS,OPS,ORD,ORS,OYS,POD,POO,POS,PRO,PRY,ROD,ROO,SOD,SOP,SOY,SPY,YOD,

2-letter words (10 found)

DO,OD,OO,OP,OR,OS,OY,PO,SO,YO,

You can make 101 words from prosody according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of prosody

prosody

Etymology

From Middle French prosodie, from Latin prosōdia, from Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable”), from πρός (prós, “to”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒzədi/, /ˈpɹɒsədi/, /ˈpɹəʊzədi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑzədi/, /ˈpɹɑsədi/, /ˈpɹoʊzədi/

Noun

prosody (countable and uncountable, plural prosodies)

  1. (linguistics) The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech.
    • 2007, Jackson T. Gandour, Neural substrates underlying the perception of linguistic prosody, Tomas Riad, Carlos Gussenhoven (editors), Tones and Tunes, Volume 2: Experimental Studies in Word and Sentence Prosody, De Gruyter (Mouton de Gruyter), page 3,
      Brain imaging data shows us moreover that we have to go beyond linguistic units themselves to gain a full understanding of how prosody is processed in the brain.
  2. (poetry) The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse.

Derived terms

  • prosodeme
  • prosodic

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Source: wiktionary.org