Alphabet
/ˈæl.fə.bɛt/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:15 ptsWWF:17 pts8 letters
Definition of Alphabet
noun
- The set of letters used when writing in a language.
"In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet."
- A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
- A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
"Let L be a regular language over the alphabet \Sigma."
- An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
- The simplest rudiments; elements.
Anagrams of Alphabet
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