Unscramble

s 1 a 1 n 1 d 2 s 1 t 1 o 1 n 1 e 1

9 letters · 10 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)

originFrom Middle English sandston, from Old English *sandstān, from Proto-West Germanic *sandastain (“sandstone, chisel, gravel”), equivalent to sand + stone. Cognate with West Frisian sânstien (“sandstone”), Saterland Frisian Soundsteen (“sandstone”), Dutch zandsteen (“sandstone”), German Low German Sandsteen (“sandstone”), German Sandstein (“sandstone”), Danish sandsten (“sandstone”), Swedish…

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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