Definitions for licorice

licorice lic·o·rice

Spelling: [lik-er-ish, lik-rish, lik-uh-ris]
IPA: /ˈlɪk ər ɪʃ, ˈlɪk rɪʃ, ˈlɪk ə rɪs/

Licorice 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 139 anagrams from letters in licorice (cceiilor).

Definitions for licorice

noun

  1. a Eurasian plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, of the legume family.
  2. the sweet-tasting, dried root of this plant or an extract made from it, used in medicine, confectionery, etc.
  3. a candy flavored with licorice root.
  4. any of various related or similar plants.

Origin of licorice

1175-1225; Middle English lycorys Anglo-French Vulgar Latin *liquiritia for Latin glycyrrhiza Greek glykýrriza sweetroot (plant), equivalent to glyký(s) sweet + rhíza roo

Examples for licorice

“It is too late for that,” said licorice, with a short, contemptuous laugh.

Two bottles of stout supplied the necessary lubrication, and there was frequent recourse to a box of licorice pastilles.

Not everybody likes licorice, but people who like licorice really like licorice.

If licorice hated Christians before, she hates them tenfold now.

licorice Stick's encounters with "sperrits" had never brought him a cent.

What had she heard that, if it were known, would cost Abraham and licorice their lives?

"I done gone make no fools of you, no how:" licorice Stick exclaimed.

No "sperrit" of licorice Stick's acquaintance had ever cast a spell like this.

Hypoglycemia or Low Blood Sugar - Make a tea from hot water and licorice powder which you drink twice daily.

Or a "pay back sperrit" as licorice Stick might have called him.

Word Value for licorice
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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