Dictionary Entry
pecan
pecan is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A species of hickory (Carya olivaeformis), growing in North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in Texas, where it is one of the largest of forest trees; also, its fruit, a smooth, oblong nut, an inch or an inch and a half long, with a thin shell and well-flavored meat. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A species of hickory (Carya olivaeformis), growing in North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in Texas, where it is one of the largest of forest trees; also, its fruit, a smooth, oblong nut, an inch or an inch and a half long, with a thin shell and well-flavored meat.
- 2noun
smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
- 3noun
tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts
- 4noun
wood of a pecan tree
Common word forms
Words from these letters
If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for PECAN lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.