9 Letter Words for Splintery
splintery
8 Letter Words for Splintery
priestly, splinter, spritely, tinselry
7 Letter Words for Splintery
elytrin, ineptly, inertly, instyle, leptins, linters, nipters, nitryls, pentyls, pilsner, pintles, pistler, plenist, plenity, prestly, pterins, pyrites, resplit, sintery, slinter, snirtle, sperity, spintry, spirtle, splinty, sternly, stripey, styline, trinely, triples, trypsin
6 Letter Words for Splintery
elints, enlist, erinys, esprit, estrin, inerts, inlets, insert, instep, inters, lenity, leptin, liners, linsey, linter, lisper, listen, lister, liters, lyrist, lysine, nepits, nipter, nirles, niters, nitery, nitryl, nytril, peltry, pensil, pentyl, perils, pernis, pernyi, pertly, pierst, pilers, pinery, pintle, pistle, plenty, pliers, plyers, prents, pretil, priest, prints, pterin, pteris, pyrite, reisty, relist, repins, resiny, respin, ripely, ripens, ripest, ritely, sentry, silent, sinter, sireny, sirple, sitrep, slinte, sniper, spiler, spinel, spinet, splent, spline, splint, splite, sprent, sprint, sprite, sterin, stipel, strine, stripe, stripy, strype, styler, terpin, tilers, tilery, tilyer, tinsel, tinsey, triens, trines, tripel, tripes, tripey, triple, triply, tylers, typier, yetlin
5 Letter Words for Splintery
elint, elsin, enlit, entry, entsi, entsy, epist, epris, inept, inert, inlet, insep, inset, instr, intel, inter, islet, istle, iters, leirs, lenis, lenti, lepry, lerps, lesiy, liens, liers, liest, liner, lines, liney, lints, linty, lipse, listy, liter, lites, lynes, lyres, lysin, lytes, neist, nelis, nepit, nerts, nesty, nirls, nirly, niter, nitry, pelts, penis, pensy, pents, peril, peris, perit, perns, perst, perts, perty, pesty, petri, piers, piert, piest, piets, piety, piler, piles, piner, pines, piney, pinte, pints, pinyl, pirls, pirns, pirny, piste, pleis, pleny, plier, plies, plyer, prent, preys, pries, prine, print, pryse, pyets, pyins, pynes, pyres, reins, reist, rents, repin, reply, resin, resit, resty, retin, retip, riels, riles, riley, rines, rinse, ripen, ripes, risen, rites, seity, senit, senti, serin, sient, silen, siler, silty, siper, siren, slent, slept, slier, sline, slipe, slipt, slirt, slite, slype, snerp, snipe, snipy, snirl, snirt, snite, speil, speir, spent, spiel, spier, spile, spine, spiny, spire, spiry, spite, splet, split, spret, sprit, spyer, steil, stein, steri, stern, stile, stine, stipe, stire, stirp, strep, strey, strip, style, styli, styre, syren, teils, telyn, terns, tiens, tiers, tiler, tiles, tines, tinsy, tiple, tipsy, tires, tirls, treys, tries, trine, trins, tripe, tripl, trips, tripy, tryps, tsine, tyers, tyler, tynes, typer, types, yelps, yelts, yetis, yinst, yipes, yites, ypres, yrent
4 Letter Words for Splintery
eiry, elts, entr, epil, epit, erin, eris, erns, erst, espy, inly, insp, inst, intl, intr, ipse, ires, irpe, isle, isnt, itel, iter, itsy, leir, leis, lens, lent, leps, lerp, lest, lets, leys, lien, lier, lies, line, lins, lint, liny, lipe, lips, lire, lisp, list, lite, lits, lyes, lyne, lyre, lyse, lyte, neps, nest, neti, nets, nies, nile, nils, nips, nirl, nist, nits, nyes, nyet, pelt, peni, pens, pent, peri, pern, pers, pert, pest, pets, pien, pier, pies, piet, pile, pily, pine, pins, pint, pirl, pirn, pirs, pise, pist, pits, pity, plie, pres, pret, prey, prie, prin, prys, pyes, pyet, pyin, pyne, pyre, rein, reit, rely, rent, reny, repl, reps, rept, resp, rest, rets, riel, ries, rile, rine, rins, ripe, rips, ript, rise, risp, rist, rite, rits, ryen, ryes, rynt, rype, seil, seir, seit, selt, sent, sepn, sept, sert, sien, sier, sile, silt, sine, sipe, sire, site, sley, slip, slit, snip, snit, snye, spet, spie, spin, spit, spry, sten, step, ster, stey, stie, stir, stre, syen, syli, syne, sype, syre, syrt, teil, teli, tels, tens, tern, terp, tien, tier, ties, tile, tils, tine, tins, tiny, tipe, tips, tire, tirl, tres, trey, trie, trin, trip, trye, tryp, tyer, tyes, tyin, tyne, type, yelp, yelt, yeni, yens, yeps, yern, yest, yeti, yilt, yins, yipe, yips, yirn, yite
3 Letter Words for Splintery
eir, eli, els, elt, enl, ens, epi, ern, ers, ert, esp, esr, est, ety, eyl, eyn, eyr, ile, ins, int, ipl, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, isl, isn, ist, its, lei, lep, ler, les, let, ley, lie, lin, lip, lir, lis, lit, lnr, lpn, lst, ltr, lye, lyn, lys, nei, nep, net, nie, nil, nip, nis, nit, nye, nys, pel, pen, per, pes, pet, pie, pil, pin, pir, pis, pit, pli, ply, pre, prn, prs, pry, psi, pst, pte, pts, pty, pye, pyr, rei, rel, rep, res, rie, rin, rip, rit, rle, rly, rps, rpt, rte, rti, rye, sei, sel, sen, sep, ser, set, sey, sie, sil, sin, sip, sir, sit, sle, slt, sly, sny, spl, spt, spy, sri, str, sty, sye, syl, syn, syr, tel, ten, ter, tes, tie, til, tin, tip, tis, tln, tlr, tpi, tps, tri, trp, trs, try, tsi, tsp, tye, typ, tyr, yen, yep, yer, yes, yet, yin, yip, yis, yrs
Definitions for Splintery
[1] a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
[2] splinter group.
[3] to split or break into splinters.
[4] to break off (something) in splinters.
[5] to split or break (a larger group) into separate factions or independent groups.
[6] Obsolete . to secure or support by a splint or splints, as a broken limb.
[7] to be split or broken into splinters.
[8] to break off in splinters.
[9] liable to produce or break into splinters
[10] a very small sharp piece of wood, glass, metal, etc, characteristically long and thin, broken off from a whole
[11] a metal fragment, from the container of a shell, bomb, etc, thrown out during an explosion
[12] to reduce or be reduced to sharp fragments; shatter
[13] to break or be broken off in small sharp fragments
Words related to Splintery
splinteracute, pointed, keen, salient, fine, tapering, flimsy, brittle, crisp, frail, gnawing, jagged, shooting, serrated, barbed, acuminate, peaked, piercing, tined
Words nearby Splintery
splintersplicing, spliff, spline, splint, splint bone, splinter, splinter group, splintery, split, split brain, split cane
Origin of Splintery
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German; cf. splint
Other words from Splintery
splin·ter·less , adjective
splin·ter·y , adjective
un·splin·tered , adjective
Word origin for Splintery
C14: from Middle Dutch splinter; see splint
Synonyms for Splintery
acute, pointed, razor-sharp, sharpened, stinging, fine, keen, salient, tapering, aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen-edged, knife-edged, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, pointy, prickly, pronged, serrated, sharp-edged, spiked, spiky, spiny, tapered, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted