Meaning
- (noun) A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the entrance to a castle, fort, etc.
- (noun) An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth I, struck for the use of the East India Company, and bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.
- (verb) To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
Letter breakdown
- Portcullis contains 10 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
- It uses 9 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
Words from these letters
- culprits
- sculptor
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- oculist
- tropics
- citrus
- clouts
- coitus
- corpus
- courts
- curios
- locust
- optics
- pilots
- pistol
- purist
- rustic
- script
- scroll
- sculpt
- spoilt
- sprout
- stroll
- stupor
- suitor
- topics
- trills
- tripos
- trolls
- tropic
- tulips
- clips
- clipt
- clits
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- clots
- clout
- coils
- colts
- corps
- coups
- court
- crisp
- crops
- croup
- crust
- culls
- cults
- curio
- curls
- curst
- illus
- ioctl
- lilts
- locus
- lotus
- louts
- optic
Connected words
Other 10-letter words
- abandoning
- abbreviate
- abdicating
- abdication
- abductions
- aberration
- abhorrence
- abjuration
- abnegating
- abnegation
- abnormally
- abolishing
- abominable
- abominably
- abominated
- abominates
- aboriginal
- aborigines
Words starting with POR
- porcelain
- porch
- porches
- porcine
- porcupine
- porcupines
- pore
- pored
- pores
- poring
- pork
- porn
- porno
- pornographer
- pornographers
- pornographic
- pornography
- porosity
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Words ending with LIS
Reader questions
What does Portcullis mean?
A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the entrance to a castle, fort, etc.
How many letters are in Portcullis?
Portcullis has 10 letters.
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