sibilant

Plural: sibilants

Noun

A speech sound characterized by a hissing or whistling quality.
a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.

Adjective Satellite

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

Adj

Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.

Examples

The SIBILANT sound of ’S’ tiles dominated his rack, making it hard to form diverse words.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin sībilāns, present active participle of sībilō (“I hiss”).

Synonyms

continuant, fricative, sibilant consonant, spirant, strident, groove fricative, hissing, hissy, sibilant, sibilatory, sibilous

Scrabble Score: 10

sibilant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sibilant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sibilant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

sibilant: valid Words With Friends Word