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LINCHPIN

“LINCHPIN” is a valid word.

15 Scrabble points
19 Words with Friends
8 letters

Definition

noun

  1. a central cohesive source of support and stability
  2. pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on

< 8-letter words: LINCHPIN

6-letter words 1

5-letter words 6

  • chiliground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans
  • pincha painful or straitened circumstance
  • nihil(Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ)
  • lichiChinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
  • lininan obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
  • lipin

4-letter words 8

  • chipa small fragment of something broken off from the whole
  • chinthe protruding part of the lower jaw
  • incha unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
  • clipa metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
  • linn
  • lich
  • pili
  • hili(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ

3-letter words 13

  • pina piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
  • hipeither side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
  • lipeither of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
  • inna hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
  • chithe circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
  • linUnited States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959)
  • nipa small drink of liquor
  • ich
  • pica form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
  • nila quantity of no importance
  • phithe 21st letter of the Greek alphabet
  • hic
  • hinancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons

2-letter words 4

  • ina unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
  • hian expression of greeting
  • lia soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
  • pithe ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846...