Scrabble & Words with friends points
- synecdochic is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 24
- synecdochic is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 24
- synecdochic is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 26
Definition of synecdochic
- using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it (adjective)
Examples
- to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech
Synonyms
- synecdochical
See definition of synecdochic in Merriam Webster