Definitions for stirp

stirp stirp

Spelling: [sturp]
IPA: /stɜrp/

Stirp is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in stirp (iprst).

Definitions for stirp

noun

  1. a line of descendants from a common ancestor.

Origin of stirp

1495-1505; Latin stirp-, stem of stirps stirps

Examples for stirp

Dogging at a theory of heredity which will reconcile Darwin's gemmules, Weismann's germ-plasm, and Galton's stirp.

The continuity of germ plasm (stirp of Galton), like Darwins selection, is a fact, not a theory.

For figures or descriptions of four-leaved shamrocks the reader is referred to Lobel, 'stirp.

Word Value for stirp
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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