vitrain
Plural: vitrains
Noun
- A type of material found in the shiny layers of coal.
- A constituent of banded bituminous coal consisting of a horizontal glossy band of friable material.
Examples
- He searched for a word like VITRAIN, hoping for an obscure yet valid play.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin vitreus (“vitreous”) + -ain in fusain; compare French -ain (“-ane”). Coined by British birth control campaigner and paleontologist Marie Stopes in 1918.
Scrabble Score: 10
vitrain: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordvitrain: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vitrain: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
vitrain: valid Words With Friends Word