a 1 m 3 m 3 o 1 n 1 i 1 t 1 e 1
8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks
originFrom French ammonite, from Latin Ammōnis (cornū) (“horn of Ammon”), as it was called by Pliny the Elder in reference to coiling ram horns used to symbolise the Egyptian god Amun. Equivalent to Ammon + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- momenta 11
- ammine 10
- ammino 10
- immane 10
- moment 10
- montem 10
- tammie 10
- amniote 9
- mamie 9
- mimeo 9
- anomie 8
- etamin 8