Silica
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A hard, colourless or white chemical compound of silicon and oxygen (SiO2) that occurs widely in the earth's crust as quartz and is a key component of sand and glass.
“The glassmaker explained that silica is the primary raw material used in the manufacturing process.”
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sil·ic·a
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Wordle
Contains three vowels (I, I, A) and the ICA ending is a useful pattern to know for Wordle
Scrabble
Worth 8 points and the double I helps use repeated vowel tiles from a heavy rack
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