bloodletting
/bləd,lɛtɪŋ/
noun
12 letters3 syllables16 points in Scrabble®21 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
NOUN
1
Indiscriminate slaughter.
“ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name”
2
Formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine).
WORD FORMS
Starts withB
Ends withG
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®16 points
Words With Friends®21 points
Double word32 points
Triple word48 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinoodlettingblay
Starts & ends withB … G
Syllablesblood · let · ting
SYNONYMS & RELATED3
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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