canescent
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 9
/kəˈnɛsənt/(UK)
Definition of canescent
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Turning white or gray.
“An aureole of canescent hair fanned out round his head, and his jaws collapsed on toothless gums […].”
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adj
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Turning white or gray.
“An aureole of canescent hair fanned out round his head, and his jaws collapsed on toothless gums […].”
- Covered with short white or gray hairs; hoary.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin canescens, present participle of canescere (“to become gray or white”).
Words you can make from canescent
154 playable · top: ACESCENT (12 pts)
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2 words7-letter words
6 words6-letter words
18 words5-letter words
33 words- ACNES 7 pts
- CANES 7 pts
- CANST 7 pts
- CANTS 7 pts
- CASTE 7 pts
- CATES 7 pts
- CEASE 7 pts
- CENSE 7 pts
- CENTS 7 pts
- CESTA 7 pts
- CETES 7 pts
- ENACT 7 pts
- SCANT 7 pts
- SCENA 7 pts
- SCENE 7 pts
- SCENT 7 pts
- TACES 7 pts
- ANENT 5 pts
- ANTES 5 pts
- EATEN 5 pts
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- ETNAS 5 pts
- NATES 5 pts
- NEATS 5 pts
- NENES 5 pts
- SENNA 5 pts
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- SETAE 5 pts
- STANE 5 pts
- TEASE 5 pts
- TEENS 5 pts
- TENNE 5 pts
- TENSE 5 pts
4-letter words
49 words- CECA 8 pts
- ACES 6 pts
- ACNE 6 pts
- ACTS 6 pts
- CANE 6 pts
- CANS 6 pts
- CANT 6 pts
- CASE 6 pts
- CAST 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- CATS 6 pts
- CEES 6 pts
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- SCAN 6 pts
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- SECT 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- TECS 6 pts
- ANES 4 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- ANTS 4 pts
- ATES 4 pts
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- NEAT 4 pts
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3-letter words
34 words- ACE 5 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- CAN 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- CEE 5 pts
- SAC 5 pts
- SEC 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- ANE 3 pts
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- ATE 3 pts
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- ENS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
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- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
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- SAN 3 pts
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- SET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAS 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
2-letter words
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