JumbleFix

JumbleFix Word Unscrambler and Solver

Free word solver and unscrambler: enter jumbled letters and find every word you can make.

Word length

lichen

lichen is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called rock moss or tree moss. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 4 senses

Definitions

  1. noun. One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called rock moss or tree moss.
  2. noun. A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion.
  3. noun. any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.
  4. noun. any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks

Common word forms

lichens, lichened, lichenes, lichening, lichenise, lichenize, lichenous

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for LICHEN lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.