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What does calico mean? Is calico a Scrabble word?

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Is calico a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word calico is a Scrabble US word. The word calico is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

C3A1L1I1C3O1

Is calico a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word calico is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

C3A1L1I1C3O1

Is calico a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word calico is a Words With Friends word. The word calico is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4A1L2I1C4O1

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6-letter words (2 found)

ACCOIL,CALICO,

5-letter words (1 found)

COLIC,

4-letter words (10 found)

ALCO,CALO,CIAO,COAL,COCA,COIL,COLA,LAIC,LOCA,LOCI,

3-letter words (6 found)

AIL,CAL,COL,LAC,OCA,OIL,

2-letter words (7 found)

AI,AL,IO,LA,LI,LO,OI,

You can make 26 words from calico according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of calico

calico

Alternative forms

  • callico (archaic)

Etymology

From Calicut, in India, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ, “Kozhikode”), from കോഴി (kōḻi, “palace”) + കോട് (kōṭŭ, “fortified palace”), with ‘y’ replaced by interchangeable ‘zh’.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkælɪkəʊ/

Noun

calico (countable and uncountable, plural calicos or calicoes)

  1. (textiles) A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
  2. (countable, zoology) Ellipsis of calico cat.
  3. (uncountable) The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus.

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Adjective

calico

  1. Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.
    Synonym: tortoiseshell

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Further reading

  • calico (textile) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • calico cat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • accoil, acocil, calcio-

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English calico or French calicot.

Noun

calico n (uncountable)

  1. calico

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Source: wiktionary.org