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9 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate
noun a shade of blue tinged with green
originFrom Middle French turquoise, from Old French (pierre) turquoise (“Turkish (stone)”), from turc + -ois. The stone, mined near Nishapur in the Khorasan region of Persia, was originally brought to Europe through Turkey. Doublet of Turkish.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- sequitur 17
- turquois 17
- querist 16
- questor 16
- quietus 16
- quoters 16
- roquets 16
- torques 16
- quiets 15
- quires 15
- quirts 15
- quoits 15