onlap
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 5
Definition of onlap
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
-
The phenomenon of successively younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks.
“Displacement on F3 was followed by continued accumulation and onlap of the fine-grained sands of unit 3 on the footwall and development of soil Qb2.”
See all 2 definitions Show less
noun
-
The phenomenon of successively younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks.
“Displacement on F3 was followed by continued accumulation and onlap of the fine-grained sands of unit 3 on the footwall and development of soil Qb2.”
verb
-
To form an onlap.
“Elsewhere, many of the youngest volcanic plains units onlap tesserae at crustal plateau boundaries.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From on + lap.
Words you can make from onlap
23 playable · top: NOPAL (7 pts)
Best play nopal 7 points4-letter words
3 words3-letter words
9 words2-letter words
10 wordsFind your best play with onlap
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes onlap, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.