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7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle French sucre French sucre Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English sucrose From…
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Words from these letters
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- corses 8
- course 8
- crosse 8
- crouse 8
- cruses 8
- curses 8
- cusser 8
- scores 8
- scorse 8
- scours 8
- scouse 8