shinbone
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
Definition of shinbone
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee
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noun
- The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee
- A segment of an insect's leg.
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Etymology
From Middle English schinboon, schineboon, from Old English sċinbān (“shin, shinbone”), from Proto-West Germanic *skinubain, from Proto-Germanic *skinōbainą, equivalent to shin + bone. Cognate with Dutch scheenbeen (“shinbone”), German Schienbein (“shinbone”), Danish skinneben (“shin, shinbone”), Swedish skenben (“shinbone”).
Words you can make from shinbone
126 playable · top: BENISON (9 pts)
Best play benison 9 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
17 words4-letter words
42 words- BISH 9 pts
- BOSH 9 pts
- HOBS 9 pts
- HENS 7 pts
- HIES 7 pts
- HINS 7 pts
- HISN 7 pts
- HOES 7 pts
- HONE 7 pts
- HONS 7 pts
- HOSE 7 pts
- NOSH 7 pts
- SHEN 7 pts
- SHIN 7 pts
- SHOE 7 pts
- SINH 7 pts
- BENS 6 pts
- BINE 6 pts
- BINS 6 pts
- BIOS 6 pts
- BISE 6 pts
- BONE 6 pts
- EBON 6 pts
- NEBS 6 pts
- NIBS 6 pts
- NOBS 6 pts
- OBES 6 pts
- OBIS 6 pts
- SNIB 6 pts
- SNOB 6 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- INNS 4 pts
- IONS 4 pts
- NEON 4 pts
- NINE 4 pts
- NOES 4 pts
- NONE 4 pts
- NONI 4 pts
- NOSE 4 pts
- ONES 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SONE 4 pts
3-letter words
41 words- HOB 8 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- HES 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIN 6 pts
- HIS 6 pts
- HOE 6 pts
- HON 6 pts
- HOS 6 pts
- NOH 6 pts
- OHS 6 pts
- SHE 6 pts
- SHO 6 pts
- SOH 6 pts
- BEN 5 pts
- BES 5 pts
- BIN 5 pts
- BIO 5 pts
- BIS 5 pts
- BOS 5 pts
- NEB 5 pts
- NIB 5 pts
- NOB 5 pts
- OBE 5 pts
- OBI 5 pts
- SIB 5 pts
- SOB 5 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- EON 3 pts
- INN 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
2-letter words
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