SCREE
What does "SCREE" mean?
A mass of small loose stones covering a slope on a mountainside.
Meanings
- An accumulation of loose broken rock fragments at the base or on the slope of a mountain or cliff. Every step down the scree sent a rattle of stones ahead of us.
Did you know?
- Geologists distinguish scree from talus mainly by grain size and slope position, but both form the same way: rock shattered by repeated freeze-thaw weathering tumbles downhill and piles up at a steep angle of about 35 degrees, the natural angle of repose for loose rock.
Word origin
From Old Norse 'skritha' ('a landslide'), related to 'skridha' ('to slide, glide'); it survives chiefly in the dialects of northern England's hill country.
Remember it
SCREE sounds like the 'screee' of stones sliding - say it and you hear the slope move.
A little poem
One stone shifts, then a hundred-
the whole grey slope remembers
it was once a mountain's face.
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What it teaches
Scree is a mountain mid-collapse, slowed to your pace; even solid things are only borrowing their shape.
Quick facts
What does SCREE mean?
A mass of small loose stones covering a slope on a mountainside.
Is SCREE a valid word?
Yes — SCREE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SCREE?
SCREE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SCREE come from?
From Old Norse 'skritha' ('a landslide'), related to 'skridha' ('to slide, glide'); it survives chiefly in the dialects of northern England's hill country.
What can SCREE teach us?
Scree is a mountain mid-collapse, slowed to your pace; even solid things are only borrowing their shape.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.