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anamonics

anamonics is the plural of anamonic.

Meaning of anamonic

Noun

anamonic (plural anamonics)

  1. A mnemonic used for recalling lists of words, particularly in Scrabble, consisting of a "stem" of base letters and an accompanying phrase, each of whose letters can combine with the stem to form an anagram of a word.
    • For example, the DAMOSEL stem only appears in the second of the two Internet lists mentioned above. The given anamonic is PRIZED GALS.2004, Andrew Fisher, David Webb, The Art of Scrabble

Questions about anamonics

What is anamonics the plural of?
Anamonics is the plural of anamonic.

Words near anamonics in the dictionary

  1. anamniote
  2. anamniotes
  3. anamniotic
  4. anamodernism
  5. anamonic
  6. anamonics
  7. Anamoose
  8. anamorelin
  9. anamorph
  10. anamorphic
  11. anamorphically

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