pimento

Noun

A sweet, mild red pepper, often used for flavoring or garnish.
plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked
A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
A tropical berry used to make allspice.
The tree on which it grows.

Examples

Playing PIMENTO on the board added a spicy kick to my Words With Friends score.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pimento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), similar to Spanish pimiento, from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingo (“paint”) and -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimiento.

Synonyms

bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant, Spanish paprika, allspice, cherry pepper

Scrabble Score: 11

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

Words With Friends Score: 14

pimento: valid Words With Friends Word