petrous
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Definition of petrous
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- (not-comparable)Resembling rock or stone in its hardness.
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adj
- (not-comparable)Resembling rock or stone in its hardness.
- (not-comparable)Of the dense portion of the temporal bone that protects the inner ear.
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Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French petreux, from Latin petrōsus, from petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).
Words you can make from petrous
200+ playable · top: POSTURE (9 pts)
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4 words6-letter words
23 words5-letter words
52 words- ERUPT 7 pts
- ESTOP 7 pts
- PESTO 7 pts
- POETS 7 pts
- PORES 7 pts
- PORTS 7 pts
- POSER 7 pts
- POURS 7 pts
- POUTS 7 pts
- PREST 7 pts
- PROSE 7 pts
- PROST 7 pts
- PURSE 7 pts
- REPOS 7 pts
- REPOT 7 pts
- ROPES 7 pts
- ROUPS 7 pts
- SETUP 7 pts
- SPORE 7 pts
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- SPOUT 7 pts
- SPRUE 7 pts
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- STOPE 7 pts
- STOUP 7 pts
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- EUROS 5 pts
- OUTER 5 pts
- OUTRE 5 pts
- ROSET 5 pts
- ROTES 5 pts
- ROUES 5 pts
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- TOURS 5 pts
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- TRUES 5 pts
4-letter words
72 words- EPOS 6 pts
- OPES 6 pts
- OPTS 6 pts
- OPUS 6 pts
- PERT 6 pts
- PESO 6 pts
- PEST 6 pts
- PETS 6 pts
- POET 6 pts
- PORE 6 pts
- PORT 6 pts
- POSE 6 pts
- POST 6 pts
- POTS 6 pts
- POUR 6 pts
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- PROS 6 pts
- PURE 6 pts
- PURS 6 pts
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- ROPE 6 pts
- ROUP 6 pts
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- SPUE 6 pts
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- STEP 6 pts
- STOP 6 pts
- SUPE 6 pts
- TOPE 6 pts
- TOPS 6 pts
- TROP 6 pts
- TUPS 6 pts
- URPS 6 pts
- EROS 4 pts
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- EURO 4 pts
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- OURS 4 pts
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- REST 4 pts
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- TRES 4 pts
- TROU 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
- USER 4 pts
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3-letter words
47 words- OPE 5 pts
- OPS 5 pts
- OPT 5 pts
- PER 5 pts
- PES 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- POS 5 pts
- POT 5 pts
- PRO 5 pts
- PST 5 pts
- PUR 5 pts
- PUS 5 pts
- PUT 5 pts
- REP 5 pts
- SOP 5 pts
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- TOP 5 pts
- TUP 5 pts
- UPO 5 pts
- UPS 5 pts
- URP 5 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
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- OUR 3 pts
- OUT 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
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- SER 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SOT 3 pts
- SOU 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
- UTS 3 pts
2-letter words
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