Vernacular
/vəˈnækjələ/
noun
- The language of a people or a national language.
"A vernacular of the United States is English."
- Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
"Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere."
- Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.
"For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language."
- A language lacking standardization or a written form.
- Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.
"Vatican II allowed the celebration of the mass in the vernacular."
adjective
- Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
- Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous.
"a vernacular disease"
- Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.
- Connected to a collective memory; not imported.
No exact anagrams found for "vernacular". This word has a unique letter combination.
Total: 15 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Vernacular"
Vernacular is a 10-letter word that scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Vernacular" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "vernacular" is a high-scoring word.