Mortice

What it means

1. (noun) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint.
2. (noun) Stability; power of adhesion.
3. (verb) To cut a mortise in.
4. (verb) To join by a mortise and tenon.
5. (verb) To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern.

Letter analysis

• Mortice contains 7 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
• It uses 7 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 11.

Sub-words

• erotic
• metric
• comer
• comet
• crime
• merit
• metro
• miter
• moire
• remit
• timer
• trice
• cite
• come
• core
• corm
• cote
• emir
• emit
• item
• mice
• mire
• mite
• more
• mote
• omit
• rice
• rime
• riot
• rite
• rote
• term
• tier
• time
• tire
• tiro
• tome
• tore
• trim
• trio
• cot
• emo
• etc
• ice
• ire
• met
• orc
• ore
• rim
• roe
• rot
• rte
• tic
• tie
• toe
• tom
• tor

Related words

Other 7-letter words

• abalone
• abandon
• abashed
• abashes
• abasing
• abating
• abbrevs
• abdomen
• abducts
• abetted
• abetter
• abettor
• abiding
• ability
• abjured
• abjures
• abolish
• aborted

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Words starting with MOR

• moraine
• moraines
• moral
• morale
• moralist
• moralistic
• moralists
• moralities
• morality
• moralize
• moralized
• moralizes
• moralizing
• morally
• morals
• morass
• morasses
• moratoria

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Words ending with ICE

• accomplice
• advice
• allspice
• apprentice
• armistice
• artifice
• auspice
• avarice
• benefice
• bodice
• caprice
• chalice
• choice
• cicatrice
• coppice
• cornice
• cowardice
• crevice

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