tenaille
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 8
Definition of tenaille
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (historical)An outwork in the main ditch of a fortification, in front of the curtain, between two bastions.
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Etymology
From French tenaille (“a pair of pincers or tongs”), from Latin tenaculum. See tenaculum and tenaillon.
Words you can make from tenaille
131 playable · top: LINEATE (7 pts)
Best play lineate 7 points6-letter words
12 words5-letter words
22 words4-letter words
42 words- ALEE 4 pts
- ALIT 4 pts
- ANIL 4 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- ANTI 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
- LAIN 4 pts
- LANE 4 pts
- LATE 4 pts
- LATI 4 pts
- LEAL 4 pts
- LEAN 4 pts
- LEET 4 pts
- LENT 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LILT 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINT 4 pts
- LITE 4 pts
- NAIL 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- NILL 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TAIL 4 pts
- TAIN 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TALI 4 pts
- TALL 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TEEL 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
- TELE 4 pts
- TELL 4 pts
- TIAN 4 pts
- TILE 4 pts
- TILL 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
3-letter words
37 words- AIL 3 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALL 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EEL 3 pts
- ELL 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- ILL 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEE 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- LIT 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIL 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
2-letter words
17 wordsHooks
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