carious

Adjective Satellite

(of teeth) affected with cavities or decay

Adj

Having caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten.

Adjective

Affected by dental or bone decay; rotting.

Examples

His CARIOUS tile rack was filled with unwanted letters, weakening his game.

Origin / Etymology

From French carieux (“carious”), from carie (“decay (of bone or teeth)”) (from Latin cariēs (“rot, rottenness, corruption”), from careō (“to lack, be deprived of”), from Proto-Italic *kazēō (“to lack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”).) + French -eux (“-ous”) (from Latin -ōsus (“full of, prone to”), from Old Latin -ōsos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-went-, *-wont- + *-to-)).

Scrabble Score: 9

carious: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
carious: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
carious: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

carious: valid Words With Friends Word