terraform
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 9
Definition of terraform
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To transform the atmosphere (or biosphere) of another planet into one having the characteristics of Earth.
“He had been the original claimant of Obania, forty years ago; and Drake was the young spatial engineer he employed to terraform the little rock, only two kilometers through—by sinking a shaft to its heart for the paragravity installation, generating oxygen and water from mineral oxides, releasing absorptive gases to trap the feeble heat of the far-off Sun.”
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Etymology
From Terra (“planet Earth”) + -form (“having the form of”). Coined by American science fiction author Jack Williamson in 1942 as part of his novella Collision Orbit.
Words you can make from terraform
187 playable · top: REFORMAT (13 pts)
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3 words6-letter words
18 words5-letter words
31 words- FORAM 10 pts
- FORME 10 pts
- FRAME 10 pts
- AFORE 8 pts
- AFTER 8 pts
- FARER 8 pts
- FARRO 8 pts
- FETOR 8 pts
- FORTE 8 pts
- FRORE 8 pts
- OFTER 8 pts
- TREFA 8 pts
- AMORT 7 pts
- ARMER 7 pts
- ARMET 7 pts
- ARMOR 7 pts
- MATER 7 pts
- METRO 7 pts
- MORAE 7 pts
- ORMER 7 pts
- RAMET 7 pts
- REARM 7 pts
- TAMER 7 pts
- ERROR 5 pts
- OATER 5 pts
- ORATE 5 pts
- RARER 5 pts
- RATER 5 pts
- RETRO 5 pts
- TARRE 5 pts
- TERRA 5 pts
4-letter words
59 words- FAME 9 pts
- FARM 9 pts
- FOAM 9 pts
- FORM 9 pts
- FROM 9 pts
- AFRO 7 pts
- FARE 7 pts
- FARO 7 pts
- FART 7 pts
- FATE 7 pts
- FEAR 7 pts
- FEAT 7 pts
- FETA 7 pts
- FORA 7 pts
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- FRAE 7 pts
- FRAT 7 pts
- FRET 7 pts
- FROE 7 pts
- RAFT 7 pts
- REFT 7 pts
- TREF 7 pts
- ATOM 6 pts
- MARE 6 pts
- MART 6 pts
- MATE 6 pts
- MEAT 6 pts
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- MORA 6 pts
- MORE 6 pts
- MORT 6 pts
- MOTE 6 pts
- OMER 6 pts
- REAM 6 pts
- ROAM 6 pts
- TAME 6 pts
- TEAM 6 pts
- TERM 6 pts
- TOME 6 pts
- TRAM 6 pts
- TREM 6 pts
- AERO 4 pts
- ORRA 4 pts
- RARE 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- RATO 4 pts
- REAR 4 pts
- ROAR 4 pts
- ROTA 4 pts
- ROTE 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TARO 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TOEA 4 pts
- TORA 4 pts
- TORE 4 pts
- TORR 4 pts
3-letter words
54 words- FAM 8 pts
- FEM 8 pts
- AFT 6 pts
- ARF 6 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- FAR 6 pts
- FAT 6 pts
- FER 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- FOE 6 pts
- FOR 6 pts
- FRO 6 pts
- OAF 6 pts
- OFT 6 pts
- REF 6 pts
- ARM 5 pts
- EMO 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAR 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- MOA 5 pts
- MOR 5 pts
- MOT 5 pts
- OMA 5 pts
- RAM 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- ROM 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- TOM 5 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
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- ERA 3 pts
- ERR 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
2-letter words
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