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fricative


fricative - noun

  • a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

    • fricative - adjective

    • of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

    fricative - thesaurus

    continuant   sibilant   spirant   strident  

    Scrabble score for fricative

    f is 4 r is 1 i is 1 c is 3 a is 1 t is 1 i is 1 v is 4 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 17

    Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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