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Is syndesis a Scrabble word?

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

S1Y4N1D2E1S1I1S1

Is syndesis a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1Y4N1D2E1S1I1S1

Is syndesis a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word syndesis is a Words With Friends word. The word syndesis is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

SYNDESIS,

7-letter words (2 found)

ENDYSIS,SYNESIS,

6-letter words (6 found)

DISSES,NISSES,SDEINS,SENSIS,SNIDES,SNIDEY,

5-letter words (24 found)

DENIS,DESIS,DINES,DYNES,NIDES,NISSE,SDEIN,SENDS,SENSI,SIDES,SIENS,SINDS,SINED,SINES,SISES,SISSY,SNEDS,SNIDE,SNIES,SNYES,SYENS,SYNDS,SYNED,SYNES,

4-letter words (43 found)

DENI,DENS,DENY,DESI,DEYS,DIES,DINE,DINS,DISS,DYES,DYNE,ENDS,IDES,NEDS,NESS,NIDE,NIDS,NIED,NIES,NYED,NYES,SEIS,SEND,SENS,SESS,SEYS,SIDE,SIEN,SIES,SIND,SINE,SINS,SISS,SNED,SNYE,SYED,SYEN,SYES,SYND,SYNE,YENS,YIDS,YINS,

3-letter words (33 found)

DEI,DEN,DEY,DIE,DIN,DIS,DYE,EDS,END,ENS,ESS,IDE,IDS,INS,NED,NID,NIE,NIS,NYE,NYS,SED,SEI,SEN,SEY,SIN,SIS,SNY,SYE,SYN,YEN,YES,YID,YIN,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,DI,ED,EN,ES,ID,IN,IS,NE,NY,SI,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 122 words from syndesis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of syndesis

syndesis

Etymology

Initially in cytology from German Syndesis, coined by Valentin Häcker in 1904 from Ancient Greek σύνδεσις (súndesis, “binding, joining”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”) + -σῐς (-sis, “-sis: forming nouns”), from σῠν- (sun-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”). Equivalent to syn- +‎ -desis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪnˈdiːsɪs/
  • Rhymes: -iːsɪs

Noun

syndesis (usually uncountable, plural syndeses)

  1. (cytology, obsolete) Synonym of synapsis, the pairing of chromosomes during cellular reproduction.
  2. (orthopedics, surgery) Synonym of arthrodesis, the fusion of a joint between two or more bones.
  3. (grammar, rhetoric) Synonym of syndeton, the use of conjunctions or syndetic constructions.
    Antonym: asyndesis

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References

  • “† syndesis, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.

Source: wiktionary.org