m 3 o 1 u 1 s 1 t 1 a 1 c 3 h 4 e 1
9 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip
originUsed in English since the 16th century. From Middle French moustache from Italian mostaccio, from Early Medieval Latin mustācium, from Byzantine Greek μουστάκιον (moustákion), diminutive of (Doric) Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax, “upper lip”), of unknown origin (probably a Pre-Greek substrate). Replaced native English kemp (“moustache”), from Old English cenep.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- moschate 15
- mustache 15
- matches 14
- mouches 14
- mutches 14
- stomach 14
- cathouse 13
- outshame 13
- soutache 13
- chemos 13
- cometh 13
- humect 13