sessile
ADJECTIVE
/sɛsɪl/
7 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH S
sessile is a valid 7-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1E1S1S1I1L1E1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING
What does sessile mean?
ADJECTIVE · 2 SENSES
1
Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk.
“sessile flowers”
“the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate”
SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
2
Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.
“sessile marine animals and plants”
ANTONYMS