syllable

Plural: syllables

Noun

a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
- "the word `pocket' has two syllables"
A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.
The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.

Verb

Verb Forms: syllabled, syllabling, syllables

To pronounce words or parts of words distinctly by breaking them into syllables.
To utter in syllables.

Examples

Even if you can SYLLABLE your word perfectly, it still needs to fit the board.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English syllable, sillable, syllabylle, sylabul, from Anglo-Norman sillable, from Old French sillebe, from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ), from συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “I gather together”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).

Scrabble Score: 13

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

Words With Friends Score: 16

syllable: valid Words With Friends Word