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Is spline a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word spline is a Scrabble US word. The word spline is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is spline a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word spline is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is spline a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word spline is a Words With Friends word. The word spline is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (3 found)

PENSIL,SPINEL,SPLINE,

5-letter words (18 found)

ELSIN,LENIS,LIENS,LINES,LIPES,NELIS,PEINS,PENIS,PILES,PINES,PLIES,SILEN,SLIPE,SNIPE,SPEIL,SPIEL,SPILE,SPINE,

4-letter words (34 found)

ISLE,LEIS,LENS,LEPS,LIEN,LIES,LINE,LINS,LIPE,LIPS,LISP,NEPS,NIES,NILS,NIPS,PEIN,PELS,PENI,PENS,PIES,PILE,PINE,PINS,PISE,PLIE,SEIL,SIEN,SILE,SINE,SIPE,SLIP,SNIP,SPIE,SPIN,

3-letter words (27 found)

ELS,ENS,INS,LEI,LEP,LES,LIE,LIN,LIP,LIS,NEP,NIE,NIL,NIP,NIS,PEL,PEN,PES,PIE,PIN,PIS,PSI,SEI,SEL,SEN,SIN,SIP,

2-letter words (10 found)

EL,EN,ES,IN,IS,LI,NE,PE,PI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 93 words from spline according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of spline

spline

Etymology

Mid-1700s East Anglian dialect. Origin uncertain but perhaps from Old Danish splind or North Frisian splinj and ultimately related to the root of splinter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /splaɪn/
  • Rhymes: -aɪn

Noun

spline (plural splines)

  1. Long thin piece of metal or wood. [from the mid 18th c]
  2. (woodworking) A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
  3. A flexible strip of metal or other material, that may be bent into a curve and used in a similar manner to a ruler to draw smooth curves between points.
  4. (mathematics, computing) Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.
  5. A rectangular piece that fits grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together.
  6. (mechanics) Ridges or teeth on a drive shaft that mesh with grooves in a mating piece and transfer torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between them.

Coordinate terms

  • (woodworking): biscuit, dowel, glue strip, finger joint

Derived terms

  • B-spline
  • basis spline
  • cubic spline
  • splinal
  • splined
  • splineway

Translations

Verb

spline (third-person singular simple present splines, present participle splining, simple past and past participle splined)

  1. (mathematics, computing) To smooth (a curve or surface) by means of a spline.
  2. (engineering) To fit with a spline.
  3. (engineering) To fasten to or together with a spline.

See also

  • French curve

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

  • Esplin, L-spine, Pilsen, pinsel, spinel

Source: wiktionary.org