exhume

Verb

Verb Forms: exhumed, exhuming, exhumes

To dig up something buried, especially a corpse.
dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
To uncover; to bring to light.

Examples

He had to exhumethe old dictionary to confirm that "QI" was indeed a valid Scrabble word.
The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.

Origin / Etymology

From Medieval Latin exhumō, from Latin ex- + humō (“to bury”).

Synonyms

disinter, dig up, unbury, unearth

Antonyms

bury, inhume, inter

Scrabble Score: 18

exhume: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
exhume: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
exhume: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

exhume: valid Words With Friends Word