pinhole
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
/ˈpɪnˌhoʊl/
Definition of pinhole
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A small hole, of a size that could have been made by a pin
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noun
- A small hole, of a size that could have been made by a pin
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The aperture in a pinhole camera or camera obscura
“These [the eyes of the nautilus] are the simplest eyes of any large living animal -- lensless 'pinholes' that project a hazy and rather dim image onto its retinas.”
- A port left unprotected by a firewall to allow a particular application to gain access to a service.
- A clipping of pinhole eye, which refers to the compact eye structure associated with intense tropical cyclones.
verb
- (transitive)To form one or more pinholes in.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From pin + hole.
Words you can make from pinhole
93 playable · top: HOLPEN (11 pts)
Best play holpen 11 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
7 words4-letter words
33 words- HELP 9 pts
- HOLP 9 pts
- HOPE 9 pts
- PHEO 9 pts
- PHON 9 pts
- ELHI 7 pts
- HEIL 7 pts
- HELO 7 pts
- HOLE 7 pts
- HONE 7 pts
- LIPE 6 pts
- LIPO 6 pts
- LOPE 6 pts
- NOPE 6 pts
- OPEN 6 pts
- PEIN 6 pts
- PEON 6 pts
- PILE 6 pts
- PINE 6 pts
- PION 6 pts
- PLIE 6 pts
- POLE 6 pts
- PONE 6 pts
- ENOL 4 pts
- LENO 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINO 4 pts
- LION 4 pts
- LOIN 4 pts
- LONE 4 pts
- NOEL 4 pts
- NOIL 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- HEP 8 pts
- HIP 8 pts
- HOP 8 pts
- PEH 8 pts
- PHI 8 pts
- PHO 8 pts
- POH 8 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIN 6 pts
- HOE 6 pts
- HON 6 pts
- NOH 6 pts
- LIP 5 pts
- LOP 5 pts
- NIP 5 pts
- OPE 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- PIN 5 pts
- POI 5 pts
- POL 5 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
- OIL 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
2-letter words
19 wordsHooks
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