antediluvian
ADJECTIVENOUN
/,æntidɪ'luviən/
12 LETTERS · 6 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A
antediluvian is a valid 12-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1N1T1E1D2I1L1U1V4I1A1N1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 =16 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48
MEANING
What does antediluvian mean?
ADJECTIVE · 2 SENSES
1
Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood.
“antediluvian man”
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2
So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period.
“a ramshackle antediluvian tenement”
“antediluvian ideas”
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SIMILAR
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A very old person.
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BROADER
2
Any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge.
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BROADER
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