phyllo
Plural: phyllos
Noun
- Very thin, unleavened pastry dough used in Mediterranean cuisine.
- tissue thin sheets of pastry used especially in Greek dishes
- A type of dough, originating in Mediterranean cuisine, that is used in thin layers to make pastries (such as baklava and apple strudel) and pies and becomes very flaky when cooked.
Examples
- Building PHYLLO required carefully layering letters, much like the pastry.
Origin / Etymology
From Greek φύλλο (fýllo, “leaf”). Doublet of phyllon, distantly also with foil, folio, and folium.
Scrabble Score: 14
phyllo: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordphyllo: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
phyllo: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
phyllo: valid Words With Friends Word