opalesce

opalesce is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give forth a play of colors, like the opal. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.
2. verb. exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal

   "This nitrate opalesces under certain conditions"

3. verb. reflect light or colors like an opal

   "Distant clouds opalesce like pale brocade"

   "raindrops caught in a sunbeam seem to opalesce"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in opalesce:

escalope

Common word forms

opalesced, opalesces, opalescing

Words from these letters

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