oriole
Plural: orioles
Noun
- A colorful American songbird, typically with black and orange plumage.
- mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
- American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
- Any of various colourful passerine birds, the New World orioles from the family Icteridae and the Old World orioles from the family Oriolidae.
Examples
- The vivid word ORIOLE perched neatly on the triple letter score, singing its high point value.
Origin / Etymology
A borrowing from Middle French oriol, from Old French oriol, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus (“golden”). Doublet of aureole. First use appears c. 1776 in the writings of Thomas Pennant.
Synonyms
American oriole, New World oriole, Old World oriole
Scrabble Score: 6
oriole: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordoriole: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
oriole: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 7
oriole: valid Words With Friends Word