s 1 t 1 r 1 o 1 b 3 i 1 l 1 u 1 s 1
9 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
originBorrowed from Late Latin strobīlus (“pine cone”), borrowed from Ancient Greek στρόβῑλος (stróbīlos, “twisted object, pine cone”), from στρόβος (stróbos, “whirl”). According to Liddell and Scott, 8th ed. 1882: of various meanings such as a pine-cone, something screwed up into a lump like a pine-cone, a pine tree and more.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- bristols 10
- strobils 10
- bistros 9
- bristol 9
- brulots 9
- strobil 9
- sublots 9
- subsoil 9
- bistro 8
- blurts 8
- boults 8
- broils 8