papillote
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 9
Definition of papillote
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A small piece of aluminum foil or parchment paper, wrapped around food during cooking.
“cooked en papillote”
“Remove from the oven and allow to rest for about 5 minutes before opening the papillote. Be very careful when you open it, since the papillote fills up with steam while it's cooking and it can be very hot.”
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noun
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A small piece of aluminum foil or parchment paper, wrapped around food during cooking.
“cooked en papillote”
“Remove from the oven and allow to rest for about 5 minutes before opening the papillote. Be very careful when you open it, since the papillote fills up with steam while it's cooking and it can be very hot.”
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(in-plural, often)A small piece of paper used to roll up hair to make it curl.
“Emily Arundel stood by the dressing-table. The last curl of her dark hair had received its last braid of pearls; the professor of papillotes had decided, and she quite agreed with him, that à la Calypso best suited with her Grecian style of feature.”
“"Good heavens, what has happened!" thought Glorvina, trembling with all the papillotes.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from French papillote.
Words you can make from papillote
188 playable · top: POPLITEAL (13 pts)
Best play popliteal 13 points8-letter words
1 word6-letter words
16 words5-letter words
27 words- APPEL 9 pts
- APPLE 9 pts
- PALPI 9 pts
- PEPLA 9 pts
- PIPAL 9 pts
- PIPET 9 pts
- LAPEL 7 pts
- LEAPT 7 pts
- LEPTA 7 pts
- PALEO 7 pts
- PALET 7 pts
- PATIO 7 pts
- PETAL 7 pts
- PIETA 7 pts
- PILEA 7 pts
- PILOT 7 pts
- PLAIT 7 pts
- PLATE 7 pts
- PLEAT 7 pts
- TEPAL 7 pts
- ALLOT 5 pts
- ATOLL 5 pts
- ILEAL 5 pts
- OLLIE 5 pts
- TELIA 5 pts
- TELOI 5 pts
- TOILE 5 pts
4-letter words
67 words- PALP 8 pts
- PEPO 8 pts
- PIPA 8 pts
- PIPE 8 pts
- PLOP 8 pts
- POPE 8 pts
- ATOP 6 pts
- LEAP 6 pts
- LEPT 6 pts
- LIPA 6 pts
- LIPE 6 pts
- LIPO 6 pts
- LOPE 6 pts
- OPAL 6 pts
- PAIL 6 pts
- PALE 6 pts
- PALI 6 pts
- PALL 6 pts
- PATE 6 pts
- PEAL 6 pts
- PEAT 6 pts
- PELT 6 pts
- PIAL 6 pts
- PILE 6 pts
- PILL 6 pts
- PITA 6 pts
- PLAT 6 pts
- PLEA 6 pts
- PLIE 6 pts
- PLOT 6 pts
- POET 6 pts
- POLE 6 pts
- POLL 6 pts
- TAPE 6 pts
- TEPA 6 pts
- TOPE 6 pts
- TOPI 6 pts
- ALIT 4 pts
- ALOE 4 pts
- ALTO 4 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
- IOTA 4 pts
- LATE 4 pts
- LATI 4 pts
- LEAL 4 pts
- LILO 4 pts
- LILT 4 pts
- LITE 4 pts
- LOTA 4 pts
- LOTI 4 pts
- OLEA 4 pts
- OLLA 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TAIL 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TALI 4 pts
- TALL 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
- TELL 4 pts
- TILE 4 pts
- TILL 4 pts
- TOEA 4 pts
- TOIL 4 pts
- TOLA 4 pts
- TOLE 4 pts
- TOLL 4 pts
3-letter words
55 words- APP 7 pts
- PAP 7 pts
- PEP 7 pts
- PIP 7 pts
- POP 7 pts
- ALP 5 pts
- APE 5 pts
- APO 5 pts
- APT 5 pts
- LAP 5 pts
- LIP 5 pts
- LOP 5 pts
- OPA 5 pts
- OPE 5 pts
- OPT 5 pts
- PAL 5 pts
- PAT 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- PIA 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- PIT 5 pts
- POI 5 pts
- POL 5 pts
- POT 5 pts
- TAP 5 pts
- TIP 5 pts
- TOP 5 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALL 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ELL 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- ILL 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIT 3 pts
- LOT 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- OIL 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIL 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
2-letter words
21 wordsHooks
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