1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Trephine in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does trephine mean? Is trephine a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is trephine worth? trephine how many points in Words With Friends? What does trephine mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for trephine

See how to calculate how many points for trephine.

Is trephine a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word trephine is a Scrabble US word. The word trephine is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

T1R1E1P3H4I1N1E1

Is trephine a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word trephine is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

T1R1E1P3H4I1N1E1

Is trephine a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word trephine is a Words With Friends word. The word trephine is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1R1E1P4H3I1N2E1

Our tools

Valid words made from Trephine

Jump to...

Results

8-letter words (3 found)

NEPHRITE,PREHNITE,TREPHINE,

7-letter words (5 found)

INEPTER,NEITHER,PRITHEE,TERPINE,THEREIN,

6-letter words (18 found)

EITHER,ENTIRE,HEREIN,HINTER,INHERE,NERITE,NETHER,NIPTER,NITHER,PETHER,PTERIN,REPENT,REPINE,RETINE,THEINE,THREEP,THRENE,TRIENE,

5-letter words (37 found)

ENTER,ETHER,ETHNE,HIREE,INEPT,INERT,INTER,ITHER,NEPER,NEPIT,NITER,NITRE,PENIE,PETER,PETRE,PETRI,PHEER,PHENE,PIERT,PREEN,PRENT,PRINT,RENTE,REPIN,RETIE,RHINE,RIPEN,TERNE,THEIN,THEIR,THERE,THINE,THREE,THRIP,TREEN,TRINE,TRIPE,

4-letter words (58 found)

EINE,ERNE,ETEN,ETHE,HEIR,HENT,HEPT,HERE,HERN,HETE,HINT,HIPT,HIRE,NEEP,NETE,NITE,PEEN,PEER,PEIN,PENE,PENI,PENT,PERE,PERI,PERN,PERT,PIER,PIET,PINE,PINT,PIRN,PITH,PREE,REEN,REIN,RENT,RETE,RINE,RIPE,RIPT,RITE,TEEN,TEER,TEHR,TEIN,TENE,TERN,THEE,THEN,THIN,THIR,TIER,TINE,TIRE,TREE,TRIE,TRIN,TRIP,

3-letter words (48 found)

EEN,ENE,ERE,ERN,ETH,HEN,HEP,HER,HET,HIE,HIN,HIP,HIT,IRE,NEE,NEP,NET,NIE,NIP,NIT,NTH,PEE,PEH,PEN,PER,PET,PHI,PHT,PIE,PIN,PIR,PIT,PRE,REE,REH,REI,REN,REP,RET,RIN,RIP,RIT,TEE,TEN,THE,TIE,TIN,TIP,

2-letter words (15 found)

EE,EH,EN,ER,ET,HE,HI,IN,IT,NE,PE,PI,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 185 words from trephine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of trephine

trephine

Etymology

Borrowed from French tréphine, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trepan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɹɪˈfaɪn/

Noun

trephine (plural trephines)

  1. (medicine) A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, such as bone or cornea; a trepan.
    They removed a core of bone as well as took a bone marrow aspirate from my right hip using a trephine to exclude me having a blood cancer, causing a blood- and serum-stained shirt, a whopping hematoma and a great deal of mental anguish and physical pain in the process!

Synonyms

  • trepan (obsolete)

Translations

Verb

trephine (third-person singular simple present trephines, present participle trephining, simple past and past participle trephined)

  1. (intransitive) To use a trephine during surgery.
  2. (transitive) To perforate with a trephine.

Anagrams

  • nephrite, prehnite, repineth, ripeneth

Source: wiktionary.org