sapling
Plural: saplings
Noun
- A young tree, especially one with a slender trunk.
- young tree
- A young tree, bigger than a seedling.
- A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.
Examples
- He nurtured his small, growing score like a SAPLING, hoping it would become mighty.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English sapplyng, seplyng, sapling, equivalent to sap + -ling.
Scrabble Score: 10
sapling: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsapling: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sapling: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
sapling: valid Words With Friends Word