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9 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a very steep cliff
originFirst attested in 1598, from Middle French precipice, from Latin praecipitium (“a steep place”), from praeceps (“steep”), from prae + caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”). Distantly related to precept through Latin praecipiō (“to teach”), from prae + capiō (“take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-, *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- precipe 13
- picric 12
- precip 12
- epeiric 11
- piecer 10
- pierce 10
- pipier 10
- recipe 10
- cerci 9
- ceric 9
- creep 9
- crepe 9