spice
spice is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Species; kind. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Species; kind.
- noun. A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc.
- noun. Figuratively, that which enriches or alters the quality of a thing in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of food; that which gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of mischief.
- transitive verb. To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to spice one's words with wit.
- transitive verb. To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices.
- transitive verb. To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous.
- noun. the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
- noun. any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food
- noun. aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative
- verb. make more interesting or flavorful
"Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer"
- verb. add herbs or spices to
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Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spice:
Common word forms
spiced, spicer, spices, spicing, spiceful, spiceable, spiceless
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