Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 10 letters

seersucker

Limited data

No curated clues yet.

Use pattern search to check whether the word fits.

10 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪɹˌsʌk.ɚ/Part of speech nounSorted ceeekrrssuStarts with SEnds with R0 clues
1S2E3E4R5S6U7C8K9E10R

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

S_________

Definitions

  1. a light puckered fabric (usually striped)

Word origin

From Hindi शीरशक्कर (śīrśakkar), from Persian شیر و شکر (šir o šekar, literally “milk and sugar”), modified by folk etymology, originally alluding to the smooth (“milk”) and rough (“sugar”) surface of the stripes.

Used in a sentence

  • I saw merely a lank, commonplace, and simple-looking farmer, going about his chores in faded blue overalls, a seersucker shirt, and a straw hat of the kind that is called a "cow's breakfast."

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer0 curated clues

No curated clues for seersucker yet.

Related words