Spinel

6 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

A hard glassy mineral, an oxide of magnesium and aluminium, occurring in various colours prized as gemstones.

“The ring was set with a deep red spinel that was often mistaken for a ruby.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

spi·nel

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Synonyms

gemstonemineral

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Wordle

Ends in EL, an uncommon Wordle ending, contains common letters S, P, I, N making it useful mid-game

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Scrabble

All low-value tiles, 8pts base, EL ending is hookable, SPINEL is an accepted Scrabble word worth knowing

Words Related to Spinel

Anagrams of Spinel

Words that use exactly the same letters as “spinel”.

spline

Words you can make from Spinel

Shorter words formed from the letters in “spinel”.

elsin insep lenis liens lines lipse niels peins piles pines pleis plies silen sline slipe snipe speil spiel spile spine epil isle leis lens

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