tripoli

tripoli is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms. Face value is 9 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 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms.
2. noun. a port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea

   Synonyms: tarabulus, trablous

3. noun. the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC
4. noun. a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing

   Synonyms: rottenstone

Synonyms

tarabulus, trablous, rottenstone

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tripoli:

lipitor

Common word forms

tripolis

Words from these letters

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