zircon

zircon is a 6-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 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 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon.
2. noun. a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent

Common word forms

zircons

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