Definitions for fusain

fusain fu·sain

Spelling: [fyoo-zeyn, fyoo-zeyn; French fy- Fusain is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 95 anagrams from letters in fusain (afinsu).

Definitions for fusain

noun

  1. a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree.
  2. a drawing made with this charcoal.
  3. a blackish-gray, friable component of coal with a silky luster that leaves a charcoallike mark.

Origin of fusain

1865-70; French: spindle tree, charcoal made from its wood Vulgar Latin *fūsāgīn- (stem of *fūsāgō), derivative of Latin fūsus spindle

Word Value for fusain
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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