thermite
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 8
Definition of thermite
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A mixture of a metal and a metal oxide capable of producing a thermite reaction, such as aluminium metal and ferric oxide; used in incendiary devices.
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Etymology
From German Thermit, from Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “heat”) + -it; comparable to English therm- + -ite.
Words you can make from thermite
108 playable · top: THERMIT (12 pts)
Best play thermit 12 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
27 words- MIRTH 10 pts
- REHEM 10 pts
- RHEME 10 pts
- THEME 10 pts
- THERM 10 pts
- ETHER 8 pts
- HIREE 8 pts
- ITHER 8 pts
- TEETH 8 pts
- THEIR 8 pts
- THERE 8 pts
- THREE 8 pts
- TITHE 8 pts
- MERIT 7 pts
- METER 7 pts
- METRE 7 pts
- MITER 7 pts
- MITRE 7 pts
- REMET 7 pts
- REMIT 7 pts
- RETEM 7 pts
- TIMER 7 pts
- RETIE 5 pts
- TETRI 5 pts
- TITER 5 pts
- TITRE 5 pts
- TRITE 5 pts
4-letter words
31 words- HEME 9 pts
- HERM 9 pts
- METH 9 pts
- THEM 9 pts
- HEIR 7 pts
- HERE 7 pts
- HIRE 7 pts
- TETH 7 pts
- THEE 7 pts
- THIR 7 pts
- EMIR 6 pts
- EMIT 6 pts
- ITEM 6 pts
- MEET 6 pts
- MERE 6 pts
- METE 6 pts
- MIRE 6 pts
- MITE 6 pts
- MITT 6 pts
- RIME 6 pts
- TEEM 6 pts
- TERM 6 pts
- TIME 6 pts
- TREM 6 pts
- TRIM 6 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
- TRET 4 pts
3-letter words
23 words2-letter words
13 wordsHooks
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