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8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a model or standard for making comparisons
originAlteration of templet, probably from French templet, diminutive of temple (“a weaver's stretcher”), variant of tempe, from Latin tempora (“temple”). Alteration of second syllable due to analogy with plate. Cognate with Faroese tamba (“to stretch out, relax”), Icelandic þamb (“a stretched, bloated, or extended belly”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Words from these letters
- templet 11
- empale 10
- metepa 10
- pelmet 10
- temple 10
- palette 9
- peltate 9
- ample 9
- maple 9
- pelma 9
- tempt 9
- metate 8