splintery

splintery is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral.
2. adjective. subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces
3. adjective. resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points

   "a rough splintery floor of old pine boards"

   Synonyms: slivery

Synonyms

slivery

Common word forms

splinterier

Words from these letters

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