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10 letters · 22 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise
noun the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin
originFrom New Latin ecchymōsis, from Ancient Greek ἐκχύμωσις (ekkhúmōsis), from ἐκχέω (ekkhéō, “I pour out”), from ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) + χέω (khéō, “I pour”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- chymics 19
- chymic 18
- chemics 16
- chymes 16
- yecchs 16
- echoisms 15
- mischose 15
- chemic 15
- chyme 15
- yecch 15
- choices 14
- echoism 14