granite

granite is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose structure. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 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 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose structure.
2. noun. something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness)

   "a man of granite"

3. noun. plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in granite:

angrite, geraint, gratine, ingrate, ingreat, negrita, tangier, tearing, tigrean

Common word forms

granites

Words from these letters

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