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Is splint a Scrabble word?

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

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Is splint a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is splint a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

SPLINT,

5-letter words (5 found)

LINTS,PINTS,SLIPT,SPILT,SPLIT,

4-letter words (22 found)

LINS,LINT,LIPS,LISP,LIST,LITS,NILS,NIPS,NITS,PINS,PINT,PITS,SILT,SLIP,SLIT,SNIP,SNIT,SPIN,SPIT,TILS,TINS,TIPS,

3-letter words (22 found)

INS,ITS,LIN,LIP,LIS,LIT,NIL,NIP,NIS,NIT,PIN,PIS,PIT,PSI,PST,SIN,SIP,SIT,TIL,TIN,TIP,TIS,

2-letter words (8 found)

IN,IS,IT,LI,PI,SI,ST,TI,

You can make 58 words from splint according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of splint

splint

Etymology

From Middle English splint, splent, splente, from Middle Low German splinte, splente or Middle Dutch splint, splinte. Cognate with Old High German splinza (“bar, bolt, latch”). All ultimately from Proto-Germanic *splintǭ, *splintō (“piece of wood, splinter”), from Proto-Germanic *splint-, *splind- (“to split”), from a nasalized form of *splītaną (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /splɪnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

splint (plural splints)

  1. A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
  2. (dentistry) A dental device applied consequent to undergoing orthodontia.
  3. (medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.
  4. (military, historical) A segment of armour consisting of a narrow overlapping plate.
  5. (mining) Synonym of splent coal
  6. (zootomy) A bone found on either side of a horse's cannon bone; the second or fourth metacarpal (forelimb) or metatarsal (hindlimb) bone.
  7. (zootomy, veterinary medicine) A disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.

Usage notes

  • For a horse to pop a splint is for it to receive an injury to the splint bone or surrounding area.

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Verb

splint (third-person singular simple present splints, present participle splinting, simple past and past participle splinted)

  1. (transitive) To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.
  2. To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough.
  3. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To split into thin, slender pieces; to splinter.

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Swedish

Noun

splint c

  1. sapwood
    Synonyms: splintved, vitved, ytved

Declension

See also

  • kärnved (“heartwood”)

References

  • splint in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • splint in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org