o 1 s 1 t 1 e 1 n 1 s 1 i 1 b 3 l 1 e 1
10 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective appearing as such but not necessarily so
adjective represented or appearing as such; pretended
originBorrowed from French ostensible, formed with the suffix -ible, from Latin ostensus, the past participle of ostendō (“show”), itself from obs- (“in front of”) (akin to ob- (“in the way”)) + tendō (“stretch”) (akin to Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō)). Cf. also Medieval Latin ostensibilis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- stilbenes 11
- betonies 10
- boneless 10
- bonesets 10
- ebonises 10
- ebonites 10
- noblesse 10
- obelises 10
- sensible 10
- stilbene 10
- tensible 10
- betises 9