The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DIERESIS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1968.
Two dots placed over a vowel crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DIERESIS | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Two dots placed over a vowel
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- diaeresis
- umlaut
- dieresis
- trema
- circumflex
- breve
- acute accent
- macron
- acute
- grave accent
- rough breathing
- smooth breathing
Crossword Answer definitions
DIERESIS noun- A diacritic ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel letter (especially the second of two consecutive ones) indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in the English words naïve, Noël and Brontë, the French haïr and the Dutch ruïne.
- Distraction; the separation of a vowel, often a diphthong, into two distinct syllables.
- A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot, in a line of verse.
- Hiatus; the occurrence of separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables without an intervening consonant.
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