r 1 e 1 i 1 n 1 d 2 e 1 e 1 r 1
8 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America
originFrom Middle English reyndere, reynder, rayne-dere, from Old Norse hreindýri (“reindeer”), from hreinn (“reindeer”) + dýr (“animal”). Compare Dutch rendier (“reindeer”), German Rentier (“reindeer”), Swedish rendjur (“reindeer”), Danish rensdyr (“reindeer”) and French renne (“reindeer”). Related also to displaced Old English hrān (“reindeer”). Unrelated to rein.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- dernier 8
- needier 8
- nerdier 8
- reedier 8
- denier 7
- needer 7
- nereid 7
- reeden 7
- reined 7
- render 7
- eerier 6
- diene 6