Words · Rare
adventitia
10 letters · 7 distinct letters
- noun
an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue
Word history
From the Latin adventitius (“extraneous”).
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 70: the largest list we accept, where the rarer words live.
- How common it is
- Rarer than once in ten million words.
- In the spelling bee
- Bonus word Words found only in the largest list score as bonus words rather than daily answers.