Words · Rare
saltwort
8 letters · 7 distinct letters
- noun
bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
- noun
low growing strong smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
Word history
From salt + wort (“plant”).
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 70: the largest list we accept, where the rarer words live.
- How common it is
- Too rare to measure in everyday writing.
- In the spelling bee
- Bonus word Words found only in the largest list score as bonus words rather than daily answers.