Dictionary Check: nonsyllabic
"nonsyllabic" is a valid word!
Scrabble
18
points
Words with Friends
23
points
Definition
adjective
not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong)
Example:
"the nonsyllabic ‘n’ in ‘botany’ when it is pronounced ‘botny’"
adjective
(of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable
Example:
"initial ‘l’ in ‘little’ is nonsyllabic"
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