liqueur

Plural: liqueurs

Noun

A sweetened alcoholic beverage, often flavored with fruits or herbs.
strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.

Verb

to flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur
to top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution

Examples

After a long Words With Friends session, a glass of LIQUEUR felt well-deserved.
Every champagne has to be liqueured after its disgorgement, to replace the inevitable loss.

Origin / Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French liqueur. Doublet of liquor.

Synonyms

cordial

Scrabble Score: 16

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

Words With Friends Score: 19

liqueur: valid Words With Friends Word