The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word APOCOPE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1972.
Omission of a syllable crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| APOCOPE | 50 % | 7 |
| ELISION | 50 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Omission of a syllable
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- elision
- lipography
- haplology
- apocope
- contraction
- aphaeresis
- apheresis
- haplography
- hyphaeresis
- elide
- synaloepha
- contract
Crossword Answer definitions
APOCOPE noun- (narrow sense) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
- The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result APOCOPE
- Deletion of last syllable.
- Omission of the last syllable of a word.
- Omission of a syllable
- Loss of a word's ending