trephine

1. A surgical instrument having circular, sawlike edges, used to cut out disks of bone, usually from the skull.

2. A surgical instrument for cutting out circular sections (as of bone or corneal tissue).

---

1. To operate on with a trephine.

---

Here are some other words you could make with the letters trephine, you can also
use this lookup tool to help you find words with our scrabble word finder.

Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
nephrite	13	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
eh	5
en	2
er	2
et	2
he	5
hi	5
in	2
it	2
ne	2
pe	4
pi	4
re	2
te	2
ti	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ere	3
ern	3
eth	6
hen	6
hep	8
her	6
het	6
hie	6
hin	6
hip	8
hit	6
ire	3
nee	3
net	3
nip	5
nit	3
nth	6
pee	5
peh	8
pen	5
per	5
pet	5
phi	8
pht	8
pie	5
pin	5
pit	5
ree	3
rei	3
rep	5
ret	3
rin	3
rip	5
tee	3
ten	3
the	6
tie	3
tin	3
tip	5

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
erne	4
heir	7
hent	7
here	7
hern	7
hint	7
hire	7
neep	6
nite	4
peen	6
peer	6
pein	6
pent	6
pere	6
peri	6
pert	6
pier	6
pine	6
pint	6
pirn	6
pith	9
pree	6
rein	4
rent	4
rete	4
ripe	6
rite	4
teen	4
tein	4
tern	4
thee	7
then	7
thin	7
thir	7
tier	4
tine	4
tire	4
tree	4
trip	6

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
enter	5
ether	8
hiree	8
inept	7
inert	5
inter	5
ither	8
niter	5
nitre	5
peter	7
preen	7
print	7
rente	5
repin	7
retie	5
ripen	7
terne	5
thein	8
their	8
there	8
thine	8
three	8
thrip	10
treen	5
trine	5
tripe	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
either	9
entire	6
herein	9
hinter	9
inhere	9
nether	9
pterin	8
repent	8
repine	8
retine	6
theine	9
threep	11
triene	6

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
inepter	9
neither	10
prithee	12
therein	10

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
nephrite	13
trephine	13