Definition of meretricious

"meretricious" in the adjective sense

1. meretricious

like or relating to a prostitute

"meretricious relationships"

2. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

tastelessly showy

"a flash car"

"a flashy ring"

"garish colors"

"a gaudy costume"

"loud sport shirts"

"a meretricious yet stylish book"

"tawdry ornaments"

3. gilded, meretricious, specious, glossy

based on pretense deceptively pleasing

"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"

"meretricious praise"

"a meretricious argument"

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meretricious in Scrabble®

The word meretricious is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters meretricious:

MERETRICIOUS
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (73 words)

ceriums, coesite, costume, coterie, courier, courser, crosier, cruiser, curries, emetics, emoters, erector, erotics, erotise, isomere, itemise, meiotic, mercers, mercies, meteors, metrics, metrise, miscite, mistier, miterer, moister, mortise, mousier, mustier, reciter, recites, recruit, rectors, rectums, recures, recurse, reemits, remorse, remoter, remotes, reroute, rescore, rescuer, restore, resumer, retimer, retimes, retires, retours, retries, retrims, rioters, roister, rostrum, routers, ruesome, rustier, scourer, scouter, scrotum, securer, somitic, stourie, tourers, tourism, tremors, trimers, trireme, trouser, tumeric, tumesce, ureters, uromere

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word meretricious

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In meretricious

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meretricious in Words With Friends™

The word meretricious is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters meretricious:

MERETRICIOUS
(261)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (73 words)

ceriums, coesite, costume, coterie, courier, courser, crosier, cruiser, curries, emetics, emoters, erector, erotics, erotise, isomere, itemise, meiotic, mercers, mercies, meteors, metrics, metrise, miscite, mistier, miterer, moister, mortise, mousier, mustier, reciter, recites, recruit, rectors, rectums, recures, recurse, reemits, remorse, remoter, remotes, reroute, rescore, rescuer, restore, resumer, retimer, retimes, retires, retours, retries, retrims, rioters, roister, rostrum, routers, ruesome, rustier, scourer, scouter, scrotum, securer, somitic, stourie, tourers, tourism, tremors, trimers, trireme, trouser, tumeric, tumesce, ureters, uromere

 

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MERETRICIOUS
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In meretricious

MERETRICIOUS
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(207)
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