t 1 r 1 e 1 p 3 h 4 i 1 n 1 e 1
8 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
verb operate on with a trephine
originBorrowed from French tréphine, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trepan.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
Words from these letters
- prithee 12
- threep 11
- neither 10
- therein 10
- pheer 10
- phene 10
- thrip 10
- inepter 9
- either 9
- herein 9
- hinter 9
- inhere 9