pyrena
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
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- 6
/paɪˈɹiːnə/
Definition of pyrena
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A nutlet resembling a seed, or the stone of a drupe, comprising the endocarp and the kernel.
“Holonyms: pericarp < drupe, stone fruit”
“Meronyms: endocarp, seed”
“Near-synonym: pip”
“[…] pericarp drupaceous, or baccate, 1—4 nuts (pyrena), which are sometimes enclosed in an utricular membrane […]”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From New Latin pyrēna, from Ancient Greek πῡρήν (pūrḗn, “fruit-stone”).
Words you can make from pyrena
75 playable · top: NAPERY (11 pts)
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7 words4-letter words
22 words3-letter words
32 words- PAY 8 pts
- PRY 8 pts
- PYA 8 pts
- PYE 8 pts
- YAP 8 pts
- YEP 8 pts
- ANY 6 pts
- AYE 6 pts
- NAY 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- RYE 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- YEA 6 pts
- YEN 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- APE 5 pts
- NAP 5 pts
- PAN 5 pts
- PAR 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PER 5 pts
- RAP 5 pts
- REP 5 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
2-letter words
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