d 2 i 1 s 1 t 1 r 1 a 1 i 1 n 1
8 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb levy a distress on
verb confiscate by distress
verb legally take something in place of a debt payment
originFrom Middle English distreynen, from Old French destraindre, from Latin distringō (“to pull asunder”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō (“to draw tight, strain”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- diarist 8
- distain 8
- nitrids 8
- dinars 7
- drains 7
- indart 7
- indris 7
- nadirs 7
- nitrid 7
- ranids 7
- strand 7
- triads 7