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Is spondee a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word spondee is a Scrabble US word. The word spondee is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is spondee a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word spondee is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

DEPONES,SPONDEE,

6-letter words (7 found)

DEPONE,DEPOSE,DONEES,EPODES,OPENED,PEONES,SPEEDO,

5-letter words (27 found)

DEENS,DEEPS,DENES,DENSE,DONEE,DOPES,EPODE,NEEDS,NEEPS,NODES,NOSED,OPENS,PEDES,PEENS,PENDS,PENED,PENES,PEONS,PONDS,PONES,POSED,SNEED,SNOEP,SONDE,SPEED,SPEND,SPODE,

4-letter words (57 found)

DEEN,DEEP,DEES,DENE,DENS,DEPS,DOEN,DOES,DONE,DONS,DOPE,DOPS,DOSE,ENDS,ENES,EONS,EPOS,ESNE,NEDS,NEED,NEEP,NEPS,NODE,NODS,NOES,NOPE,NOSE,ODES,ONES,OPED,OPEN,OPES,PEDS,PEED,PEEN,PEES,PEND,PENE,PENS,PEON,PESO,PODS,POND,PONE,PONS,POSE,SEED,SEEN,SEEP,SEND,SENE,SNED,SNEE,SNOD,SONE,SPED,SPOD,

3-letter words (39 found)

DEE,DEN,DEP,DOE,DON,DOP,DOS,DSO,EDS,EEN,END,ENE,ENS,EON,NED,NEE,NEP,NOD,NOS,ODE,ODS,OES,ONE,ONS,OPE,OPS,OSE,PED,PEE,PEN,PES,POD,POS,SED,SEE,SEN,SOD,SON,SOP,

2-letter words (16 found)

DE,DO,ED,EE,EN,ES,NE,NO,OD,OE,ON,OP,OS,PE,PO,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 149 words from spondee according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of spondee

spondee

Alternative forms

  • spondeus (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin spondēus (“spondee”), from Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος (spondeîos, “associated with a libation”) from σπονδή (spondḗ, “libation”): spondees were often used in melodies sung at libations.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɒndi/

Noun

spondee (plural spondees)

  1. (poetry) A word or metrical foot of two syllables, either both long or both stressed.

Derived terms

  • spondaic

Translations

Further reading

  • spondee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Pedones, depones

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spondeus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɔnˈdeː/
  • Hyphenation: spon‧dee
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

spondee m (plural spondeeën)

  1. spondee

Related terms

  • spondeïsch

Finnish

Etymology

From French spondée.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspondeː/, [ˈs̠po̞nde̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -ondeː
  • Syllabification(key): spon‧dee

Noun

spondee

  1. A spondee.

Declension

Synonyms

  • kaksipitkä

Further reading

  • “spondee”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Latin

Noun

spondēe

  1. vocative singular of spondēus

Source: wiktionary.org