delicious: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 12 letter points · starts with D · ends with S
Meaning of delicious
adj
Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
- colloquial, figuratively
Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.
Example: The irony is delicious!
- slang
Having tremendous sex appeal.
Source: Wiktionary — delicious.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for delicious.
adjective
greatly pleasing or entertaining
adjective
extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
- delectable
- luscious
- pleasant-tasting
- scrumptious
- toothsome
- yummy
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is delicious in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of delicious
D(2) + E(1) + L(1) + I(1) + C(3) + I(1) + O(1) + U(1) + S(1) = 12 points.
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Anagrams of delicious
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from delicious
210 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in delicious. Showing up to 24, longest first.