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10 letters · 24 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the yard associated with a church
originFrom Middle English churchyard, chirch-ȝerd, chircheȝerd (also kirk-ȝerd, kirkeyard > English kirkyard), equivalent to church + yard. Compare also Middle English kurk-garth, kyrkgarth, kirrkegærd, from Old Norse kirkjugarðr (“churchyard; graveyard”). Replaced Middle English chirchetoun from Old English ċirictūn (churchtown).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- archduchy 23
- churchy 20
- church 16
- yucch 15
- currach 14
- charry 14
- duchy 14
- curacy 13
- chary 13
- cycad 13
- hurrah 12
- hurray 12