Definition of assonants

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • assonants is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • assonants is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • assonants is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of assonants


  • having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables (adjective)

    Examples

    1. note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'
  • having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables (adjective)

See definition of assonants in Merriam Webster