Glycerol

Meaning

1. (noun) 1,2,3-trihydroxy-propane or propan-1,2,3-triol; a trihydric alcohol
2. (noun) A syrupy sweet liquid obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of soap from animal or vegetable oils and fats; it is used as an antifreeze, a plasticizer, and a food sweetener and in the manufacture of dynamite, cosmetics etc.

Letter breakdown

• Glycerol contains 8 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
• It uses 7 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 3.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 14.

Words from these letters

• clergy
• cello
• coyer
• glory
• golly
• cell
• clog
• cloy
• core
• ergo
• gore
• gory
• grey
• gyro
• loge
• lore
• lyre
• ogle
• ogre
• orgy
• rely
• role
• roll
• yell
• yore
• cog
• col
• coy
• cry
• ego
• ell
• erg
• gel
• leg
• log
• lye
• orc
• ore
• roe
• rye

Connected words

Other 8-letter words

• aardvark
• abacuses
• abalones
• abandons
• abashing
• abattoir
• abbesses
• abdicate
• abdomens
• abducted
• abductee
• abductor
• aberrant
• abetters
• abetting
• abettors
• abeyance
• abhorred

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Words starting with GLY

• glycerin
• glycerine
• glycogen
• glyph

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Words ending with ROL

• carol
• cholesterol
• control
• enrol
• patrol
• petrol

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