SYNECDOCHES

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Synecdoche

A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.

Synecdoches

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Synecdochic

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Synecdochical

Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.

Synecdochically

By synecdoche.

Synecdochism

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Synecdochisms

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Word Game Validity

SYNECDOCHES is valid in Scrabble and most word games!
Scrabble Point Values

Total possible words using these letters:

4 Letter Words
  • CEDE - 7 points
  • CEES - 6 points
  • CESS - 6 points
  • CHON - 9 points
  • CODE - 7 points
  • ...and 81 more
5 Letter Words
  • CEDES - 8 points
  • CENSE - 7 points
  • CHESS - 10 points
  • CHOSE - 10 points
  • CODEC - 10 points
  • ...and 68 more
3 Letter Words
  • CEE - 5 points
  • COD - 6 points
  • CON - 5 points
  • COS - 5 points
  • COY - 8 points
  • ...and 49 more
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