slivery

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈslɪvəɹi/

Definition of slivery

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Resembling or full of slivers.
    “Mimi, unfortunately, was not dressed to slide on the slivery surface of new-sawed pine. […] [H]er costume of pink silk and chiffon, not overly voluminous in the first place, mostly was impaled on slivers and left in her wake; […]”
    “As a final touch she made some slivery little brown-and-white-bread sandwiches to go with the Newburg, just for style.”
    “A common defect in copper wire is that of slivers. These may be caused by improperly cast wire bars and/or by improper hot rolling. Horizontally cast wire bars having cold shuts, rough edges and bad sets, will make slivery rod and wire.”

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Etymology

From sliver + -y.

Anagrams of slivery

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