9 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
verb puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
verb scratch the surface of
verb break up
originEtymology tree English scare Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English scarify English -ed English scarified From scarify + -ed.
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