tenebrae
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- Words With Friends
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- Letters
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/ˈtɛnəˌbɹeɪ/
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/ˈtɛnəˌbɹeɪ/ · /ˈtɛnəˌbɹiː/
Definition of tenebrae
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
name
- A Christian religious service celebrated by the Western Church on the evening before or early morning of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, involving the gradual extinguishing of candles while a series of readings and psalms are chanted or recited.
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin tenebrae (“shadows, darkness”).
Words you can make from tenebrae
115 playable · top: BANTER (8 pts)
Best play banter 8 points6-letter words
10 words5-letter words
15 words4-letter words
37 words- ABET 6 pts
- BANE 6 pts
- BARE 6 pts
- BARN 6 pts
- BATE 6 pts
- BEAN 6 pts
- BEAR 6 pts
- BEAT 6 pts
- BEEN 6 pts
- BEER 6 pts
- BEET 6 pts
- BENE 6 pts
- BENT 6 pts
- BETA 6 pts
- BRAE 6 pts
- BRAN 6 pts
- BRAT 6 pts
- BREE 6 pts
- BREN 6 pts
- NABE 6 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- RANT 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TARN 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
3-letter words
37 words- ARB 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAN 5 pts
- BAR 5 pts
- BAT 5 pts
- BEE 5 pts
- BEN 5 pts
- BET 5 pts
- BRA 5 pts
- NAB 5 pts
- NEB 5 pts
- REB 5 pts
- TAB 5 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
2-letter words
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