s 1 e 1 r 1 i 1 c 3 e 1 o 1 u 1 s 1
9 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective covered with fine soft hairs or down
originFrom Latin sēricus (“silken”), sēricum (“Seric material; silk”), from Sēricus (“belonging to the Seres”): Sērēs, Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “a people of Eastern Asia, the modern Chinese, celebrated for their silken fabrics”). Compare silk, serge.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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- cruises 9
- recuses 9
- rescues 9
- secures 9
- sources 9
- sucrose 9
- cereus 8
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- cerous 8