hairsplitter
Plural: hairsplitters
Noun
- a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions
- A stickler person who makes extremely, possibly excessively, fine distinctions (who would separate something as fine as a hair into two pieces and distinguish them).
Origin / Etymology
From hair + splitter.
Scrabble Score: 17
hairsplitter: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordhairsplitter: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hairsplitter: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
hairsplitter is a valid Words With Friends word