candy
Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
Noun 3 meanings
Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
A piece of confectionery of this kind.
An accessory (bracelet, etc.) made from pony beads, associated with the rave scene.
“candy kid; candy raver”
Verb 3 meanings
To cook in or coat with sugar syrup.
To form into congelations or crystals, especially of sugar or syrup.
“Fruits preserved in sugar candy over time.”
To become candy; to solidify into a candylike form or mass.
Etymology
From Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi (literally “candied sugar”), from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian کند (kand) from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “piece, fragment, candied sugar, dried molasses”), root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”), or from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu; compare Tamil கண்டு (kaṇṭu, “hard candy”).
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CANDY at a glance
CANDY has 5 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (C 3 + A 1 + N 1 + D 2 + Y 4) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,270 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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