spinule
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
Definition of spinule
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A minute spine or thorn.
“Alongside of the pairs, there is often another smaller spinule, on one side or both, sometimes a second; and rarely, there are scattered spinules upon the surface between”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Anglicized form of Late Latin spīnula, diminutive of Latin spīna (“a spine”). Compare French spinule.
Words you can make from spinule
123 playable · top: LINEUPS (9 pts)
Best play lineups 9 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
22 words4-letter words
38 words- LIPE 6 pts
- LIPS 6 pts
- LISP 6 pts
- NIPS 6 pts
- PEIN 6 pts
- PENS 6 pts
- PIES 6 pts
- PILE 6 pts
- PINE 6 pts
- PINS 6 pts
- PLIE 6 pts
- PLUS 6 pts
- PULE 6 pts
- PULI 6 pts
- PULS 6 pts
- PUNS 6 pts
- SIPE 6 pts
- SLIP 6 pts
- SNIP 6 pts
- SPIN 6 pts
- SPUE 6 pts
- SPUN 6 pts
- SUPE 6 pts
- ISLE 4 pts
- LEIS 4 pts
- LENS 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LIES 4 pts
- LIEU 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINS 4 pts
- LUES 4 pts
- LUNE 4 pts
- LUNS 4 pts
- NILS 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SLUE 4 pts
- UNIS 4 pts
3-letter words
35 words- LIP 5 pts
- NIP 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PES 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- PIN 5 pts
- PIS 5 pts
- PIU 5 pts
- PSI 5 pts
- PUL 5 pts
- PUN 5 pts
- PUS 5 pts
- SIP 5 pts
- SUP 5 pts
- UPS 5 pts
- ELS 3 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LEU 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- LIS 3 pts
- LUN 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
- NUS 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEL 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- SUN 3 pts
- UNI 3 pts
- UNS 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
2-letter words
14 wordsHooks
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