lect

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/lɛkt/

Definition of lect

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a dialect.
    “Meronyms: lexicon, grammar, sublect”
    “These, together with (some) Romansh lects, belong to our West Rhaetian; the /ȫ/ also supported by two lects from the Ticino which by our criteria are NWIt, and by the partially umlauting lects of Lombardy which together with (some) Engadine lects belong to our East Rhaetian.”

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Etymology

Use of the compound element -lect as an independent noun.

Anagrams of lect

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