Pieris
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A genus of ornamental evergreen shrubs or woody vines valued for their attractive foliage and drooping clusters of small white flowers.
“The gardener planted a pieris beside the gate for its striking red new growth that appears each spring.”
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Ends in -IS, starts with PIE, R in the middle, botanical genus name rarely seen in word games
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Worth 8 points, Latin plant genus valid in Scrabble, -IS ending common among botanical Latin names
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