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8 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK
adjective highest in quality
originFrom Middle English sterling, possibly from Old English *steorling, from steorra (“star”) and -ling, in reference to the stars that appeared on certain English pennies. Alternatively, the first element may be *stēre, meaning “strong” or “stout” (compare the etymology of solidus).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- glisten 8
- glister 8
- gristle 8
- lingers 8
- resting 8
- ringlet 8
- singlet 8
- slinger 8
- sniglet 8
- stinger 8
- tingler 8
- tingles 8