rosewood
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- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 8
Definition of rosewood
20 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)The fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The fragrant wood of Dalbergia nigra, a Brazilian tree in the legume family, which has a sweet smell.
- (countable, uncountable)Any of several dozen woods, resembling that of Dalbergia nigra in some respect.
- (countable, uncountable)The wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, in the laurel family, with fragrant wood from which an essential oil is distilled.
- (countable, uncountable)Wood and plant of Pterocarpus spp., for example African rosewood or mukula or Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus, syn. Pterocarpus santalinus).
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Etymology
A compound of rose + wood, originally so named because of the rose-scented aromatic oil derived from it; applied in later senses on account of these woods’ predominantly reddish-brown colour.
Words you can make from rosewood
111 playable · top: DOWERS (10 pts)
Best play dowers 10 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
28 words- DOWER 9 pts
- DOWSE 9 pts
- ROWED 9 pts
- SOWED 9 pts
- SWORD 9 pts
- WOODS 9 pts
- WOOED 9 pts
- WORDS 9 pts
- RESOW 8 pts
- SEROW 8 pts
- SOWER 8 pts
- SWORE 8 pts
- WOOER 8 pts
- WORSE 8 pts
- DOERS 6 pts
- DOORS 6 pts
- DORES 6 pts
- DOSER 6 pts
- ODORS 6 pts
- ORDOS 6 pts
- REDOS 6 pts
- RESOD 6 pts
- RODEO 6 pts
- RODES 6 pts
- ROODS 6 pts
- ROSED 6 pts
- SORED 6 pts
- ROOSE 5 pts
4-letter words
34 words- DEWS 8 pts
- DOWS 8 pts
- DREW 8 pts
- OWED 8 pts
- WEDS 8 pts
- WOOD 8 pts
- WORD 8 pts
- OWES 7 pts
- OWSE 7 pts
- ROWS 7 pts
- WOES 7 pts
- WOOS 7 pts
- WORE 7 pts
- DOER 5 pts
- DOES 5 pts
- DOOR 5 pts
- DORE 5 pts
- DORS 5 pts
- DOSE 5 pts
- ODES 5 pts
- ODOR 5 pts
- ORDO 5 pts
- REDO 5 pts
- REDS 5 pts
- RODE 5 pts
- RODS 5 pts
- ROOD 5 pts
- SORD 5 pts
- EROS 4 pts
- ORES 4 pts
- ROES 4 pts
- ROOS 4 pts
- ROSE 4 pts
- SORE 4 pts
3-letter words
28 words2-letter words
15 wordsHooks
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