precious



precious - adjective

  • characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
  • of high worth or cost
  • held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature
  • obviously contrived to charm

precious - adverb

  • extremely

precious - thesaurus

cherished   cute   preciously   treasured   valued   wanted  


View spelling list The -cious ending and learn about the word precious in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 30. Words with ci and ti e.g. ancient, special, initial, gracious.

Scrabble score for precious

p is 3 r is 1 e is 1 c is 3 i is 1 o is 1 u is 1 s is 1
Scrabble score = 12

Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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