Specious is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.
You can make 248 anagrams from letters in specious (ceiopssu).
1350-1400; Middle English Latin speciōsus fair, good-looking, beautiful, equivalent to speci(ēs) (see species) + -ōsus Examples for specious
Accounts for his plausible behaviour, and specious promises and proposals. But Psychology has also some other supports, specious rather than real. While the public gasped at this specious statement, the defense took over for cross examination. So specious, in fact, that they are increasingly seen to be rationales to cover outdated forms of prejudice. That struck the ACLU—and the judge in the case, Alvin Hellerstein—as a specious argument. By that most glib and specious explanation Cynthia was convinced. Under a specious, smiling countenance you all conceal a heart of gall. Set aside for a moment that that logic is specious in the first place. In a TiVo age, who watches political ads anyway, no matter how specious or bombastic? Really, your ladyship talks of servants as if they were not born of the Christian specious.
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