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Definition of precarious

"precarious" in the adjective sense

1. precarious, unstable

affording no ease or reassurance

"a precarious truce"

2. parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go

fraught with danger

"dangerous waters"

"a parlous journey on stormy seas"

"a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"

"the precarious life of an undersea diver"

"dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"

3. precarious, shaky

not secure beset with difficulties

"a shaky marriage"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for precarious

To be young is surely the best, if the most precarious, gift of life. [ Lowell ]

Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, contingent, transitory, almost as liable to change as the winds and waves that waft it to our shores. [ Colton ]

When you leave the unimpaired hereditary freehold to your children, you do but half your duty. Both liberty and property are precarious, unless the possessors have sense and spirit enough to defend them. [ Junius ]

Joy wholly from without, is false, precarious, and short. From without it may be gathered; but, like gathered flowers, though fair, and sweet for a season, it must soon wither, and become offensive. Joy from within is like smelling the rose on the tree; it is more sweet and fair, it is lasting; and, I must add, immortal. [ Young ]

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precarious in Scrabble®

The word precarious 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: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters precarious:

PRECARIOUS

(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (40 words)

acerous, arouser, aspirer, auspice, carouse, carpers, carries, coarser, copiers, corsair, courier, courser, crisper, crosier, cruiser, curries, icespar, pourers, praiser, pricers, procure, prosaic, raspier, recoups, repairs, repours, saucier, scarier, scoriae, scourer, scraper, soapier, soupier, spacier, sprucer, upraise, uprears, upriser, uproars, uricase

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precarious in Words With Friends™

The word precarious 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: 17

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

PRECARIOUS

(243)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (40 words)

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PRECARIOUS

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PRECARIOUS

(243)

PRECARIOUS

(189)

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(150)

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(114)

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Words within the letters of precarious

2 letter words in precarious (13 words)

ai ar as is or os pa pe pi re so up us

3 letter words in precarious (47 words)

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4 letter words in precarious (91 words)

5 letter words in precarious (118 words)

6 letter words in precarious (77 words)

7 letter words in precarious (40 words)

8 letter words in precarious (9 words)

carouser couriers croupier curarise precious procures sprucier superior upraiser

9 letter words in precarious (2 words)

auriscope croupiers

10 letter words in precarious (1 word)

precarious

precarious + 2 blanks (2 words)

archesporium precariously

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Words containing the sequence precarious

Words that start with precarious (3 words)

precarious precariously precariousness

Words with precarious in them (1 word)

precarious

Words that end with precarious (1 word)

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Word Growth involving precarious

Shorter words in precarious

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Longer words containing precarious

precariously

precariousness