Urchins

Definition

1. (noun) A mischievous child.
2. (noun) A street urchin, a child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets.
3. (noun) A sea urchin.
4. (noun) One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders arranged around a carding drum; so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.
5. (noun) A neutron-generating device that triggered the nuclear detonation of the earliest plutonium atomic bombs.
6. (noun) A hedgehog.
7. (noun) A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form of a hedgehog.

Word stats

• Urchins contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
• It uses 7 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 12.

Word neighbours

Other 7-letter words

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Words starting with URC

• urchin

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Words ending with INS

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