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Is synopsis a Scrabble word?

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

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Is synopsis a Scrabble UK word?

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

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8-letter words (1 found)

SYNOPSIS,

6-letter words (5 found)

INSPOS,OPSINS,PSIONS,PYOSIS,SYSOPS,

5-letter words (18 found)

INSPO,NOISY,OPSIN,PIONS,PIONY,PIOYS,PISOS,PISSY,PSION,PYINS,SISSY,SNIPS,SNIPY,SONSY,SPINS,SPINY,SYSOP,YONIS,

4-letter words (30 found)

IONS,ISOS,NIPS,NOSY,NOYS,PINS,PINY,PION,PIOY,PISO,PISS,POIS,PONS,PONY,POSS,POSY,PSIS,PYIN,SINS,SIPS,SISS,SNIP,SONS,SOPS,SOSS,SOYS,SPIN,YINS,YIPS,YONI,

3-letter words (32 found)

INS,ION,IOS,ISO,NIP,NIS,NOS,NOY,NYS,OIS,ONS,ONY,OPS,OYS,PIN,PIS,POI,POS,PSI,SIN,SIP,SIS,SNY,SON,SOP,SOS,SOY,SPY,SYN,YIN,YIP,YON,

2-letter words (15 found)

IN,IO,IS,NO,NY,OI,ON,OP,OS,OY,PI,PO,SI,SO,YO,

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

Definitions and meaning of synopsis

synopsis

Etymology

From Late Latin synopsis, itself from Ancient Greek σύνοψις (súnopsis), from σύν (sún, “with or whole”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”) meaning whole view.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪˈnɒpsɪs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /sɪˈnɑpsɪs/

Noun

synopsis (plural synopses)

  1. (authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.
  2. A reference work containing brief articles that taken together give an overview of an entire field.
  3. (Orthodoxy) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.

Synonyms

  • (brief summary): abridgment, abstract, conspectus, outline, overview, summary

Related terms

  • synoptic
  • synoptical
  • synoptically
  • synoptist

Translations

See also

  • bird's-eye view

Further reading

  • “synopsis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “synopsis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin synopsis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsynopsis/, [ˈs̠yno̞ps̠is̠]
  • Rhymes: -ynopsis
  • Syllabification(key): sy‧nop‧sis

Noun

synopsis

  1. synopsis

Declension

Synonyms

  • tiivistelmä

Further reading

  • “synopsis”, 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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.nɔp.sis/

Noun

synopsis m or f (plural synopsis)

  1. a general overview or synoptic table of a topic
  2. (media) Plot summary of a movie

Further reading

  • “synopsis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σῠ́νοψῐς (súnopsis, “shared view; estimate”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /syˈnop.sis/, [s̠ʏˈnɔps̠ɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /siˈnop.sis/, [siˈnɔpsis]

Noun

synopsis f (genitive synopsis or synopseōs or synopsios); third declension

  1. list
  2. synopsis, overview

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

  • Catalan: sinopsi
  • English: synopsis
  • French: synopsis
  • Italian: sinossi
  • Spanish: sinopsis
  • Portuguese: sinopse

References

  • “synopsis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • synopsis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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