hornfels
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- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
Definition of hornfels
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)Any of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable.
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Etymology
Borrowed from German Hornfels, literally "horn stone", after its frequent association with glacial "horn peaks" in the Alps.
Words you can make from hornfels
186 playable · top: FOEHNS (12 pts)
Best play foehns 12 points6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
50 words- FLESH 11 pts
- FOEHN 11 pts
- FOHNS 11 pts
- FRESH 11 pts
- FROSH 11 pts
- SHELF 11 pts
- FELON 8 pts
- FERNS 8 pts
- FLOES 8 pts
- FORES 8 pts
- FREON 8 pts
- FROES 8 pts
- FRONS 8 pts
- HELOS 8 pts
- HERLS 8 pts
- HERNS 8 pts
- HERON 8 pts
- HEROS 8 pts
- HOERS 8 pts
- HOLES 8 pts
- HONER 8 pts
- HONES 8 pts
- HORNS 8 pts
- HORSE 8 pts
- HOSEL 8 pts
- HOSEN 8 pts
- HOSER 8 pts
- LEHRS 8 pts
- ROLFS 8 pts
- SHEOL 8 pts
- SHERO 8 pts
- SHOER 8 pts
- SHONE 8 pts
- SHORE 8 pts
- SHORL 8 pts
- SHORN 8 pts
- ENOLS 5 pts
- ENROL 5 pts
- LENOS 5 pts
- LONER 5 pts
- LORES 5 pts
- LOSER 5 pts
- NEROL 5 pts
- NOELS 5 pts
- ORLES 5 pts
- RENOS 5 pts
- ROLES 5 pts
- SENOR 5 pts
- SNORE 5 pts
- SOREL 5 pts
4-letter words
59 words- FEHS 10 pts
- FOHN 10 pts
- FENS 7 pts
- FERN 7 pts
- FLOE 7 pts
- FOES 7 pts
- FONS 7 pts
- FORE 7 pts
- FROE 7 pts
- HELO 7 pts
- HENS 7 pts
- HERL 7 pts
- HERN 7 pts
- HERO 7 pts
- HERS 7 pts
- HOER 7 pts
- HOES 7 pts
- HOLE 7 pts
- HOLS 7 pts
- HONE 7 pts
- HONS 7 pts
- HORN 7 pts
- HOSE 7 pts
- LEHR 7 pts
- NOSH 7 pts
- REFS 7 pts
- RESH 7 pts
- RHOS 7 pts
- ROLF 7 pts
- SELF 7 pts
- SERF 7 pts
- SHEN 7 pts
- SHOE 7 pts
- ENOL 4 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- ERNS 4 pts
- EROS 4 pts
- LENO 4 pts
- LENS 4 pts
- LONE 4 pts
- LORE 4 pts
- LORN 4 pts
- LOSE 4 pts
- NOEL 4 pts
- NOES 4 pts
- NOSE 4 pts
- OLES 4 pts
- ONES 4 pts
- ORES 4 pts
- ORLE 4 pts
- RENO 4 pts
- ROES 4 pts
- ROLE 4 pts
- ROSE 4 pts
- SLOE 4 pts
- SOLE 4 pts
- SONE 4 pts
- SORE 4 pts
- SORN 4 pts
3-letter words
46 words- FEH 9 pts
- FOH 9 pts
- EFS 6 pts
- ELF 6 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FER 6 pts
- FES 6 pts
- FOE 6 pts
- FON 6 pts
- FOR 6 pts
- FRO 6 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- HER 6 pts
- HES 6 pts
- HOE 6 pts
- HON 6 pts
- HOS 6 pts
- NOH 6 pts
- OHS 6 pts
- REF 6 pts
- RHO 6 pts
- SHE 6 pts
- SHO 6 pts
- SOH 6 pts
- ELS 3 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- LOR 3 pts
- NOR 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- SEL 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SOL 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
2-letter words
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