caruncle
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
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Definition of caruncle
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy.
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noun
- A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of lacrimal caruncle: the red prominence at the inner corner of the eye.
- A colored waxy or oily outgrowth near the micropyle of some seeds, attractive to ants which aid the seed's dispersal.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French caruncule, from Latin caruncula (“a little piece of flesh”), diminutive of carō (“flesh”). Doublet of caruncula.
Words you can make from caruncle
116 playable · top: ACCRUE (10 pts)
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20 words4-letter words
39 words- CECA 8 pts
- ACNE 6 pts
- ACRE 6 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- CANE 6 pts
- CARE 6 pts
- CARL 6 pts
- CARN 6 pts
- CAUL 6 pts
- CLAN 6 pts
- CLUE 6 pts
- CURE 6 pts
- CURL 6 pts
- CURN 6 pts
- ECRU 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
- LUCE 6 pts
- NARC 6 pts
- RACE 6 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- LANE 4 pts
- LARN 4 pts
- LEAN 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- LUNA 4 pts
- LUNE 4 pts
- LURE 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
- NURL 4 pts
- RALE 4 pts
- REAL 4 pts
- RULE 4 pts
- RUNE 4 pts
- ULAN 4 pts
- ULNA 4 pts
- UREA 4 pts
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28 words2-letter words
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