gravlax

Noun

Cured salmon, often served with dill sauce.
Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer.

Examples

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Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”).

Scrabble Score: 18

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

Words With Friends Score: 21

gravlax: valid Words With Friends Word