salt-rising bread

NOUN
17 LETTERS · STARTS WITH S

salt-rising bread is a valid 17-letter word worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1A1L1T1-0R1I1S1I1N1G2B3R1E1A1D2
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 =19 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 38TRIPLE WORD → 57
MEANING

What does salt-rising bread mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

White wheat bread raised by a salt-tolerant bacterium in a mixture of salt and either cornmeal or potato pulp.