Unscramble

s 1 e 1 e 1 r 1 s 1 u 1 c 3 k 5 e 1 r 1

10 letters · 16 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a light puckered fabric (usually striped)

originFrom Hindi शीरशक्कर (śīrśakkar), from Persian شیر و شکر (šir o šekar, literally “milk and sugar”), modified by folk etymology, originally alluding to the smooth (“milk”) and rough (“sugar”) surface of the stripes.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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