Definitions for silken

silken silk·en

Spelling: [sil-kuh n]
IPA: /ˈsɪl kən/

Silken is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in silken (eiklns).

Definitions for silken

adjective

  1. made of silk.
  2. like silk in smoothness, softness, glossiness, or delicateness.
  3. clad in silk.
  4. smoothly persuasive or ingratiating; mellifluous:
  5. elegant; luxurious.

Origin of silken

before 900; Middle English; Old English seolcen. See silk, -en2

Examples for silken

There were the odd, ovoid figures of the aviators in their silken overalls.

One is the “silken cord” solution favored by Ottoman sultans.

The room, the furnishings, his silken robe, everything was strange.

An arm, clothed in some silken material, encircled his throat.

Then she loosed a pen-knife with a blade as thin as paper from her silken girdle.

All hung about with little bells that swung on silken chains.

The silk buttons are not placed there for show; they fasten the silken lacing.

An' yet thar's once at least when Red Dog shows it's got its silken side.

It coiled about her head in silken strands of dark richness.

A breed of silken creatures lurk and thrive In your contempt.

Word Value for silken
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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