p 3 a 1 s 1 t 1 r 1 a 1 m 3 i 1
8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun highly seasoned cut of smoked beef
originBorrowed from Yiddish פּאַסטראַמע (pastrame), from Romanian pastramă, from Ottoman Turkish باصدرمه (modern Turkish pastırma), a variation of bastırma (“dried meat”), from root bas- (“to press”). It is sometimes claimed that the origin of the Turkish word is Greek παστώνω (pastóno, “I salt”), from Ancient Greek παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt, salted”). The English spelling ending in -mi is…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- armpits 11
- imparts 11
- mispart 11
- armpit 10
- impart 10
- praams 10
- primas 10
- tramps 10
- amritas 9
- tamaris 9
- apism 9
- pimas 9