spice
Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavor food.
Noun 4 meanings
Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavor food.
The quality of being spicy.
“What spice level do you want for your pad thai? I recommend mild.”
Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging.
“variety is the spice of life”
A psychoactive neocannabinoid.
Verb 1 meaning
To spice up.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English spice, from Old French espice (modern épice), from Late Latin speciēs (“spice, good, ware”), from Latin speciēs (“kind, sort”). Doublet of species.
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SPICE at a glance
SPICE has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (S 1 + P 3 + I 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,730 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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