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Is tmesis a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tmesis is a Scrabble US word. The word tmesis is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is tmesis a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tmesis is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

T1M3E1S1I1S1

Is tmesis a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tmesis is a Words With Friends word. The word tmesis is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1M4E1S1I1S1

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6-letter words (4 found)

MISSET,SMITES,STIMES,TMESIS,

5-letter words (16 found)

EMITS,ITEMS,METIS,MISES,MISTS,MITES,SEISM,SEMIS,SITES,SMITE,SMITS,STEMS,STIES,STIME,STIMS,TIMES,

4-letter words (25 found)

EMIT,ESTS,ISMS,ITEM,MESS,METS,MISE,MISS,MIST,MITE,SEIS,SEMI,SETS,SIES,SIMS,SIST,SITE,SITS,SMIT,STEM,STIE,STIM,TEMS,TIES,TIME,

3-letter words (16 found)

EMS,ESS,EST,ISM,ITS,MES,MET,MIS,SEI,SET,SIM,SIS,SIT,TES,TIE,TIS,

2-letter words (11 found)

EM,ES,ET,IS,IT,ME,MI,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 73 words from tmesis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tmesis

tmesis

Etymology

From Late Latin tmēsis, from Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmêsis, “a cutting”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”). First attested in 1586.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t(ə)ˈmiːsɪs/, /ˈmiːsɪs/
  • ,
  • Rhymes: -iːsɪs

Noun

tmesis (countable and uncountable, plural tmeses)

  1. (prosody) The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word.
    Synonym: diacope

Derived terms

  • axonotmesis
  • neurotmesis

Related terms

  • tmema
  • tmetic

Translations

See also

  • infix
  • -bloody-
  • -fucking-

Further reading

  • tmesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • MSTies, i-stems, misset, smites, stimes, tsimes

Latin

Alternative forms

  • thmesis (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmêsis, “a cutting”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtmeː.sis/, [ˈt̪meːs̠ɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtme.sis/, [ˈt̪mɛːs̬is]

Noun

tmēsis f (genitive tmēsis); third declension

  1. (grammar) The separation of a word, tmesis.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Descendants

  • English: tmesis
  • French: tmèse

References

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

Spanish

Noun

tmesis f (plural tmesis)

  1. (prosody) tmesis

Source: wiktionary.org