granule
Meanings
Plural: granules
Noun
- a tiny grain
- A tiny grain, a small particle.
- A small structure in a cell.
- A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French granule or directly from Late Latin grānulum, diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain”); for more, see grain. By surface analysis, grain + -ule.
Scrabble Score: 8
granule is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordgranule is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
granule is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
granule is a valid Words With Friends word