speciosity
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 10
/ˌspiːʃiˈɒsɪti/
Definition of speciosity
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable)The state or quality of being specious.
See all 3 definitions Show less
noun
- (uncountable)The state or quality of being specious.
-
(countable, in-plural, rare)A specious action, promise, ideology, etc.
“Till deep misery, if nothing softer will, have driven you out of your Speciosites into your Sincerities; and you find there either is a Godlike in the world, or else ye are an unintelligible madness;”
-
(uncountable)The state or quality of being speciose.
“The circumstance that the proportion of taxa with 12 + 14 vertebrae increased in the lower categories is due to the speciosity of the Epinephelinae.”
“[David] Jablonski’s end-Cretaceous mollusc genera suffer extinction to an equal degree, irrespective of their speciosity, geographical spread or other extinctionproof insurance policies.”
“Here, then, is the old familiar pattern: one group among many expands until they outnumber all the rest. Yet the speciosity of the passerines should not be confused with ‘dominance’. Though they are, of course, immensely varied, they all essentially continue to exploit the niche of the small percher.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English speciouste (“attractiveness”), from Latin speciōsitās (“beauty”), from speciēs (“appearance”). By surface analysis, speci(ous) + -osity.
Words you can make from speciosity
200+ playable · top: COPYISTS (15 pts)
Best play copyists 15 points8-letter words
3 words7-letter words
13 words6-letter words
45 words- COTYPE 13 pts
- SPICEY 13 pts
- COSEYS 11 pts
- COYEST 11 pts
- CYESIS 11 pts
- PYOSES 11 pts
- PYOSIS 11 pts
- SEPOYS 11 pts
- TEPOYS 11 pts
- COPIES 10 pts
- COPSES 10 pts
- OPTICS 10 pts
- PICOTS 10 pts
- PISCOS 10 pts
- POETIC 10 pts
- SCOPES 10 pts
- SEPTIC 10 pts
- SPECTS 10 pts
- SPICES 10 pts
- TOPICS 10 pts
- CESTOI 8 pts
- CESTOS 8 pts
- CITIES 8 pts
- COSETS 8 pts
- COSIES 8 pts
- COSSET 8 pts
- ESCOTS 8 pts
- ESTOPS 8 pts
- ICIEST 8 pts
- PESTOS 8 pts
- PISTES 8 pts
- PITIES 8 pts
- POISES 8 pts
- POSIES 8 pts
- POSITS 8 pts
- POSSET 8 pts
- POSTIE 8 pts
- POTSIE 8 pts
- PTOSES 8 pts
- PTOSIS 8 pts
- SOPITE 8 pts
- SPITES 8 pts
- STIPES 8 pts
- STOICS 8 pts
- STOPES 8 pts
5-letter words
78 words- COPSY 12 pts
- SPICY 12 pts
- TYPIC 12 pts
- CISSY 10 pts
- COSEY 10 pts
- CYSTS 10 pts
- PESTY 10 pts
- PIETY 10 pts
- PISSY 10 pts
- POESY 10 pts
- POSEY 10 pts
- POTSY 10 pts
- SEPOY 10 pts
- SYCES 10 pts
- SYSOP 10 pts
- TEPOY 10 pts
- TIPSY 10 pts
- TYPES 10 pts
- TYPOS 10 pts
- YIPES 10 pts
- COPES 9 pts
- COPSE 9 pts
- EPICS 9 pts
- OPTIC 9 pts
- PICOT 9 pts
- PISCO 9 pts
- SCOPE 9 pts
- SCOPS 9 pts
- SEPIC 9 pts
- SPECS 9 pts
- SPECT 9 pts
- SPICE 9 pts
- TOPIC 9 pts
- STYES 8 pts
- YETIS 8 pts
- CESTI 7 pts
- CISTS 7 pts
- CITES 7 pts
- COSES 7 pts
- COSET 7 pts
- COSIE 7 pts
- COSTS 7 pts
- COTES 7 pts
- ESCOT 7 pts
- ESTOP 7 pts
- ETICS 7 pts
- PESOS 7 pts
- PESTO 7 pts
- PESTS 7 pts
- PISOS 7 pts
- PISTE 7 pts
- POETS 7 pts
- POISE 7 pts
- POSES 7 pts
- POSIT 7 pts
- POSSE 7 pts
- POSTS 7 pts
- SCOTS 7 pts
- SECTS 7 pts
- SEPTS 7 pts
- SICES 7 pts
- SIPES 7 pts
- SOCES 7 pts
- SPIES 7 pts
- SPITE 7 pts
- SPITS 7 pts
- SPOTS 7 pts
- STEPS 7 pts
- STIPE 7 pts
- STOIC 7 pts
- STOPE 7 pts
- STOPS 7 pts
- TIPIS 7 pts
- TOPES 7 pts
- TOPIS 7 pts
- ISSEI 5 pts
- SITES 5 pts
- STIES 5 pts
4-letter words
60 words- COPY 11 pts
- PYIC 11 pts
- CITY 9 pts
- COSY 9 pts
- COYS 9 pts
- CYST 9 pts
- ESPY 9 pts
- PITY 9 pts
- POSY 9 pts
- PYES 9 pts
- CEPS 8 pts
- COPE 8 pts
- COPI 8 pts
- COPS 8 pts
- EPIC 8 pts
- PECS 8 pts
- PICE 8 pts
- PICS 8 pts
- SCOP 8 pts
- OYES 7 pts
- CESS 6 pts
- CIST 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- COSS 6 pts
- COST 6 pts
- COTE 6 pts
- COTS 6 pts
- ECOS 6 pts
- EPOS 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- ICES 6 pts
- OPES 6 pts
- OPTS 6 pts
- OTIC 6 pts
- PESO 6 pts
- PEST 6 pts
- PETS 6 pts
- PIES 6 pts
- PISO 6 pts
- PISS 6 pts
- PITS 6 pts
- POET 6 pts
- POIS 6 pts
- POSE 6 pts
- POST 6 pts
- POTS 6 pts
- PSIS 6 pts
- PSST 6 pts
- SCOT 6 pts
- SECS 6 pts
- SECT 6 pts
- SEPS 6 pts
- SEPT 6 pts
- SICE 6 pts
- SICS 6 pts
- SIPE 6 pts
- ESTS 4 pts
- OSES 4 pts
- SEIS 4 pts
- SETS 4 pts
Find your best play with speciosity
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes speciosity, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.