c 3 a 1 r 1 b 3 u 1 n 1 c 3 l 1 e 1
9 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
noun an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus
originFrom Middle English carbuncle, charbocle, from Old French carbuncle, charbuncle, from Latin carbunculus (“a small coal; a reddish kind of precious stone; a kind of tumor”), diminutive of carbō (“a coal, charcoal”). Doublet of Garfinkel and Garfunkel.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- caruncle 12
- buccal 12
- curable 11
- unbrace 11
- accrue 10
- becurl 10
- cabler 10
- cancel 10
- cancer 10
- carcel 10
- cercal 10
- cubane 10