biltong
Plural: biltongs
Noun
- Dried and cured meat, similar to jerky, originating from Southern Africa.
- meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun
- A South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky.
Examples
- He craved a snack while playing Words With Friends, but all he had was the word ’BILTONG’.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans biltong, from bil (“buttock, hindquarter”) + tong (“tongue”).
Scrabble Score: 10
biltong: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbiltong: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
biltong: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
biltong: valid Words With Friends Word