piceous

Adj

Of or pertaining to pitch (“a sticky, dark brown substance obtained from distilling turpentine or wood tar, or crude oil or tar”); having a quality like pitch.
Resembling pitch in colour; a very dark brown.

Adjective

Of or like pitch; glossy black in color.

Examples

The blank tile, like a PICEOUS void, could become anything.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin piceus (“like pitch; pitch-black”) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting possession or presence of a quality). Piceus is derived from pix (“pitch, tar”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat; milk”)) + -eus (suffix forming adjectives indicating the sources of attributes). The English word is cognate with Italian piceo (“like pitch; of a dark brown colour”), Spanish piceo (“like pitch; of a dark brown colour”).

Synonyms

pitchlike, pitchy

Scrabble Score: 11

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

Words With Friends Score: 14

piceous: valid Words With Friends Word