Picris
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A genus of weedy herbs native to the Old World that bear yellow flowers and typically contain bitter-tasting compounds, commonly known as bitterweed or oxtongue.
“The botanist identified a patch of picris growing along the verge, its small yellow flowers resembling dandelion.”
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Ends in -IS, contains C in the middle, Latin genus name rarely encountered in word games
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Worth 10 points, valid botanical genus in Scrabble dictionaries, -IS ending is common in Latin terms
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