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9 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume
originFrom Old French ambre gris (“grey amber”). Though the term was initially spaced as two words, single-word forms predominated by the 19th century. In the 17th century, folk etymologies interpreting the term as amber grease or amber [of] Greece enjoyed some popularity.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- gambiers 13
- begrims 12
- bregmas 12
- gambier 12
- gambirs 12
- armigers 11
- ambries 11
- barmier 11
- begrim 11
- bregma 11
- gambes 11
- gambir 11