Dictionary Check: initialism

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"initialism" is a valid word!

Scrabble 12 points

Words with Friends 15 points

noun

a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word

Example: "‘NATO’ is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization"

Synonyms:

noun

an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately

Example: "HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language"

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