pugilism
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 8
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Definition of pugilism
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)Fighting with fists.
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Etymology
From Latin pugil (“fist”) + -ism, related to pugnus (“fist”), from Proto-Indo-European roots. Compare contemporary pugilist (“boxer”), 1790.
Words you can make from pugilism
94 playable · top: GIMPS (10 pts)
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15 words4-letter words
37 words- GIMP 9 pts
- IMPI 8 pts
- IMPS 8 pts
- LIMP 8 pts
- LUMP 8 pts
- MIPS 8 pts
- PLUM 8 pts
- SIMP 8 pts
- SUMP 8 pts
- UMPS 8 pts
- GIPS 7 pts
- GLIM 7 pts
- GLUM 7 pts
- GULP 7 pts
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- MIGS 7 pts
- MUGS 7 pts
- PIGS 7 pts
- PLUG 7 pts
- PUGS 7 pts
- SMUG 7 pts
- LIPS 6 pts
- LISP 6 pts
- LUMS 6 pts
- MILS 6 pts
- PILI 6 pts
- PLUS 6 pts
- PULI 6 pts
- PULS 6 pts
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- SUMI 6 pts
- GULS 5 pts
- IGLU 5 pts
- LUGS 5 pts
- SLUG 5 pts
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30 words2-letter words
10 wordsHooks
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