oyster

oyster is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster (Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 8 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 9 · Words With Friends 8 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster (Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species.
2. noun. A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
3. noun. marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
4. noun. a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl
5. noun. edible body of any of numerous oysters

   Synonyms: huitre

6. verb. gather oysters, dig oysters

Synonyms

huitre

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in oyster:

rosety, storey, toyers

Common word forms

oysters, oystered, oysterer, oystering, oysterous

Words from these letters

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