Scissile is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 92 anagrams from letters in scissile (ceiilsss).
1615-25; Latin scissilis, equivalent to sciss(us) (past participle of scindere to cut) + -ilis -ile
The gills are also scissile, that is, they can be split, and are linear and swollen in the middle.