Unscramble

q 10 u 1 i 1 c 3 k 5 s 1 a 1 n 1 d 2

9 letters · 25 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy

noun a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down

originFrom Middle English quyksande, from Old English cwecesand (“quicksand”), equivalent to quick (“living”) + sand. Cognate with Swedish kvicksand (“quicksand”), Icelandic kviksandur, kviksyndi (“quicksand”). More at quick, sand.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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