t 1 h 4 o 1 r 1 n 1 i 1 n 1 e 1 s 1 s 1
10 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
noun a rough and bitter manner
originEtymology tree English thorny Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English thorniness From thorny + -ness.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
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- hoisters 11
- horniest 11
- hornists 11
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- inthrone 11
- ornithes 11
- shortens 11
- shorties 11
- thinners 11