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7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
noun a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
originFrom Latin missile (“thrown weapon, projectile”), neuter of missilis (“throwable, capable of being thrown”), from mittere (“to send”). From 1611. Compare Middle French missile (“projectile”), from 1636.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- mislie 8
- missel 8
- simile 8
- slimes 8
- smiles 8
- smilie 8
- limes 7
- miles 7
- mises 7
- seism 7
- semis 7
- simis 7