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Trephiner

t 1r 1e 1p 3h 4i 1n 1e 1r 1

About 3 syllables

noun · verb · 9 letters · Rare · form of trephine

  • Scrabble US & Canada : not valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : not valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does trephiner mean?

noun

  1. a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull

    Synonymstrepan

verb

  1. operate on with a trephine

Definitions shown for trephine, the base form of trephiner.

Is TREPHINER a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) No
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) No
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is TREPHINER worth?

Scrabble

14 pts
t 1r 1e 1p 3h 4i 1n 1e 1r 1

Words With Friends

15 pts
t 1r 1e 1p 4h 3i 1n 2e 1r 1

Wordfeud

15 pts
t 1r 1e 1p 4h 4i 1n 1e 1r 1

NYT Crossplay

13 pts
t 1r 1e 1p 3h 3i 1n 1e 1r 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in TREPHINER

Hooks for TREPHINER

Add one letter to the front or back of TREPHINER to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

trephiners

Words that end like TREPHINER

Common words that share the ending -INER, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

hardlinerairlinermillinerdivinermarinerexaminerdinerfinerlinerminer
All words ending in -INER

Trephiner: quick answers

Is TREPHINER a valid Scrabble word?
Only in Collins. TREPHINER is valid in Scrabble outside North America (Collins/SOWPODS) but not in the North American NWL list.
How many points is TREPHINER worth?
TREPHINER scores 14 points in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends, 15 in Wordfeud and 13 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does trephiner mean?
trephiner is related to trephine, which means “a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in TREPHINER?
You can make 202 shorter words from TREPHINER, such as NEPHRITE, PREHNITE, TREPHINE, PRITHEE. See the full list.