silk

silk is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvae of Bombyx mori. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvae of Bombyx mori.
2. noun. Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.
3. noun. That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize.
4. noun. a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
5. noun. animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in silk:

ilks, lisk, skil, slik

Common word forms

silks, silked, silken, silker, silking, silkness

Words from these letters

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