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
/ˈslɪvəɹi/
Definition of slivery
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
-
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.
Words you can make from slivery
96 playable · top: LIVYERS (13 pts)
Best play livyers 13 points7-letter words
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8 words5-letter words
21 words4-letter words
32 words- LEVY 10 pts
- VERY 10 pts
- EVIL 7 pts
- LEVS 7 pts
- LEYS 7 pts
- LIVE 7 pts
- LYES 7 pts
- LYRE 7 pts
- LYSE 7 pts
- RELY 7 pts
- REVS 7 pts
- RIVE 7 pts
- RYES 7 pts
- SYLI 7 pts
- VEIL 7 pts
- VIER 7 pts
- VIES 7 pts
- VILE 7 pts
- VIRL 7 pts
- VISE 7 pts
- VLEI 7 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- ISLE 4 pts
- LEIS 4 pts
- LIER 4 pts
- LIES 4 pts
- LIRE 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- RIEL 4 pts
- RILE 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
3-letter words
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