speckle
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 7
Definition of speckle
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage.
- (countable, uncountable)The random distribution of light when it is scattered by a rough surface.
- (Scotland, countable, uncountable)Kind; sort.
- (countable, uncountable)A cluster of interchromatin granules in a nucleus.
verb
- To mark with speckles.
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Etymology
The noun is from Middle Dutch spekkel; the verb was later coined from the noun, in the late 16th century.
Words you can make from speckle
70 playable · top: PECKS (13 pts)
Best play pecks 13 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
17 words4-letter words
29 words- PECK 12 pts
- KEEP 10 pts
- KELP 10 pts
- KEPS 10 pts
- PEEK 10 pts
- PEKE 10 pts
- SKEP 10 pts
- CEPE 8 pts
- CEPS 8 pts
- EKES 8 pts
- ELKS 8 pts
- KEEL 8 pts
- LEEK 8 pts
- LEKE 8 pts
- LEKS 8 pts
- PECS 8 pts
- SEEK 8 pts
- SKEE 8 pts
- SPEC 8 pts
- CEES 6 pts
- CELS 6 pts
- PEEL 6 pts
- PEES 6 pts
- PELE 6 pts
- SEEP 6 pts
- EELS 4 pts
- ELSE 4 pts
- LEES 4 pts
- SEEL 4 pts
3-letter words
17 words2-letter words
3 wordsHooks
2 extensions · 2 back
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