garlic

Noun

A pungent bulbous plant in the onion family, used as a spice.
bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves
aromatic bulb used as seasoning
A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
A preparation from Allium sativum used as a food ingredient or the flavor or other characteristics of such an ingredient.

Verb

To flavour with garlic

Examples

Playing GARLIC felt like adding a zesty flavor to his Scrabble strategy.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English garlek, garlik, from Old English gārlēac (“garlic”, literally “spear-leek”), from gār ("spear"; in reference to its sharp, tapering leaves) + lēac (“leek”). Cognate with Scots garlic (“garlic”), Faroese geirleykur (“garlic”), Icelandic geirlaukur (“garlic”).

Synonyms

ail, Allium sativum

Scrabble Score: 9

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

Words With Friends Score: 12

garlic: valid Words With Friends Word