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13 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a person serving no apparent function
noun a minor actor in crowd scenes
adjective more than is needed, desired, or required
originFrom Late Latin supernumerarius (“extra soldier added to a legion; supernumerary”), from super (“above; beyond”) + numerus (“number; collection, quantity”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns or numerals). The word is analysable as super- + numeral + -ary.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- empyreans 16
- empyrean 15
- spermary 15
- aneurysm 13
- numerary 13
- empery 13
- prenames 12
- presumer 12
- spearmen 12
- superman 12
- supermen 12
- supremer 12