Affine
6 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A relative by marriage rather than by blood, as used in anthropological kinship terminology.
“The ethnographer mapped the affine relationships alongside the blood ties within the clan.”
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af·fine
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Contains double F early on, followed by common letters I, N, E, the -INE ending appears in many words
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Scrabble
Worth 9 points with the double F, hooks neatly to AFFINES with an S
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