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— English words —

• thorny adj. Having thorns or spines.
• thorny adj. (Figuratively) Troublesome or vexatious.
• thorny adj. Aloof and irritable.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle english
  • thorny adj. Having many thorns or spines; thorny.
  • thorny adj. (Rare) Covered in thorny plants.
  • thorny adj. (Rare) Having a shape like a thorn.
  • thorny v. Alternative form of thornen.

— English word, defined in French —

• thorny adj. Épineux.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• thorny adj. Espinhoso.

20 English words from 7 English definitions

Aloof Alternative and Covered Figuratively form Having irritable like many plants Rare shape spines thorn thornen thorns thorny Troublesome vexatious

2 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Épineux Espinhoso

11 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

thornyhead thorny␣worm thorny␣broom thorny␣devil thornyheads thorny␣worms thorny␣brooms thorny␣oyster thorny␣oysters thorny␣lacewing thorny␣lacewings

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unthorny hawthorny

13 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

hor horn Horn horny orn tho thô tho' Tho. thor Thor thorn Thorn

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

NRO Roh ROH

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

rhyton

7 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Brython hornety Northey northly rhytons Rohatyn Thorney

12 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

horny north North Rt␣Hon Rt.␣Hon. thorn Thorn thyro- Tryon try-on try␣on Tyron

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Thorne thorns

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

horny thorn Thorn

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

Thorney

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