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10 letters · 22 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the act of digging
noun the site of an archeological exploration
noun a hole in the ground made by excavating
originFrom Latin excavātiō (“a hollowing out”), from excavō (“to hollow out”), from ex + cavō (“to hollow out”), from cavus (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“vault, hole”). Equivalent to excavate + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- vexation 18
- convex 18
- exaction 17
- exciton 16
- exotica 16
- inexact 16
- anoxic 15
- ataxic 15
- axenic 15
- axonic 15
- exacta 15
- exonic 15