g 2 r 1 i 1 s 1 t 1 l 1 e 1
7 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
originFrom Middle English gristel, grystyl, from Old English gristel (“gristle, cartilage”), Proto-West Germanic *gristl, of obscure origin; possibly from a pre-Germanic substrate language. Seemingly equivalent to a diminutive of Old English grist (“a grinding”), equivalent to modern English grist + -le; possibly related to Proto-Germanic *gredaną (“to crunch”). Cognate with Old Frisian gristel,…
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Also spells
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- grilse 7
- legist 7
- legits 7
- ligers 7
- regilt 7
- tigers 7
- lister 6
- liters 6
- litres 6
- relist 6
- tilers 6
- geist 6