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unsyllabic

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…

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Word length
10
Starts with
U
Ends with
C
Contains
NS
Scrabble score
17

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adjective

  1. 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)

    “The nonsyllabic ‘n’ in ‘botany’ when it is pronounced ‘botny’”

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The nonsyllabic ‘n’ in ‘botany’ when it is pronounced ‘botny’
The nonsyllabic ‘i’ in ‘oi’

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