pulverulent
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 11
/pʌlˈvɛɹjələnt/
Definition of pulverulent
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder; powdery; dusty.
“The first pulverulent snows told that Christmas was at hand.”
“2004, Umberto Eco (Geoffrey Brock. trans.), The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, →ISBN, p. 120, If a cellar prefigures the underworld, an attic promises a rather threadbare paradise, where the dead bodies appear in a pulverulent glow.”
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Etymology
From Latin pulverulentus, from pulvis (“dust”). By surface analysis, pulver + -ule + -ent.
Words you can make from pulverulent
177 playable · top: PREVENT (12 pts)
Best play prevent 12 points8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
5 words6-letter words
29 words- PREVUE 11 pts
- VELURE 9 pts
- VENTER 9 pts
- VENULE 9 pts
- PELLET 8 pts
- PELTER 8 pts
- PENULT 8 pts
- PETREL 8 pts
- PULLER 8 pts
- PULLET 8 pts
- PUNTER 8 pts
- REPENT 8 pts
- REPUTE 8 pts
- TUNEUP 8 pts
- TURNUP 8 pts
- UNPURE 8 pts
- UPTURN 8 pts
- ELUENT 6 pts
- LUNULE 6 pts
- NEUTER 6 pts
- RELENT 6 pts
- RETELL 6 pts
- RETUNE 6 pts
- RUNLET 6 pts
- TELLER 6 pts
- TENURE 6 pts
- TUREEN 6 pts
- UNREEL 6 pts
- UNTRUE 6 pts
5-letter words
35 words- ELVEN 8 pts
- ELVER 8 pts
- EVENT 8 pts
- EVERT 8 pts
- LEVEL 8 pts
- LEVER 8 pts
- NERVE 8 pts
- NEVER 8 pts
- REVEL 8 pts
- REVET 8 pts
- REVUE 8 pts
- VENUE 8 pts
- VERTU 8 pts
- ERUPT 7 pts
- LEPER 7 pts
- LETUP 7 pts
- PETER 7 pts
- PREEN 7 pts
- PRUNE 7 pts
- PULER 7 pts
- PUREE 7 pts
- REPEL 7 pts
- RUPEE 7 pts
- ELUTE 5 pts
- ENTER 5 pts
- ENURE 5 pts
- LUNET 5 pts
- RELET 5 pts
- RENTE 5 pts
- TERNE 5 pts
- TREEN 5 pts
- TRULL 5 pts
- TULLE 5 pts
- TUNER 5 pts
- UNLET 5 pts
4-letter words
53 words- PERV 9 pts
- VEEP 9 pts
- ERUV 7 pts
- EVEN 7 pts
- EVER 7 pts
- NEVE 7 pts
- VEER 7 pts
- VENT 7 pts
- VERT 7 pts
- VULN 7 pts
- LEPT 6 pts
- NEEP 6 pts
- PEEL 6 pts
- PEEN 6 pts
- PEER 6 pts
- PELE 6 pts
- PELT 6 pts
- PENT 6 pts
- PERE 6 pts
- PERT 6 pts
- PREE 6 pts
- PULE 6 pts
- PULL 6 pts
- PUNT 6 pts
- PURE 6 pts
- PURL 6 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- LEER 4 pts
- LEET 4 pts
- LENT 4 pts
- LULU 4 pts
- LUNE 4 pts
- LUNT 4 pts
- LURE 4 pts
- LUTE 4 pts
- NULL 4 pts
- NURL 4 pts
- REEL 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- RULE 4 pts
- RUNE 4 pts
- RUNT 4 pts
- TEEL 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TELE 4 pts
- TELL 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
- TULE 4 pts
- TUNE 4 pts
- TURN 4 pts
3-letter words
40 words- EVE 6 pts
- LEV 6 pts
- LUV 6 pts
- REV 6 pts
- VEE 6 pts
- VET 6 pts
- PEE 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PER 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- PUL 5 pts
- PUN 5 pts
- PUR 5 pts
- PUT 5 pts
- REP 5 pts
- TUP 5 pts
- URP 5 pts
- EEL 3 pts
- ELL 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- LEE 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LEU 3 pts
- LUN 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- ULU 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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