fissure

fissure is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.
2. transitive verb. To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.
3. noun. (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
4. noun. a long narrow opening

   Synonyms: cleft, crack, crevice, scissure

5. noun. a long narrow depression in a surface

   Synonyms: chap, crack, cranny, crevice

6. verb. break into fissures or fine cracks

Synonyms

cleft, crack, crevice, scissure, chap, cranny

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in fissure:

fussier

Common word forms

fissured, fissures, fissuring, fissureless

Words from these letters

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