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METONYMIC

9 letters, 18 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What METONYMIC Means

  1. adjective: using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated“to say ‘he spent the evening reading Shakespeare’ is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

METONYMIC is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 E1 T1 O1 N1 Y4 M3 I1 C3.

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