r 1 a 1 y 4 o 1 n 1
5 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a synthetic silklike fabric
originName chosen by the National Retail Dry Goods Association of America, probably from French rayon (“a beam of light, ray”) and so called because it is shiny; however, the Oxford English Dictionary states that it is apparently a blend of ray + cotton.
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