sessile
/sɛsɪl/
adjective
7 letters2 syllables7 points in Scrabble®8 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
ADJECTIVE
1
Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk.
“sessile flowers”
“the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate”
2
Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.
“sessile marine animals and plants”
WORD FORMS
Starts withS
Ends withE
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®7 points
Words With Friends®8 points
Double word14 points
Triple word21 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinessilesay
Starts & ends withS … E
Syllablesses · sile
SYNONYMS & RELATED3
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