truffle

Meanings

Plural: truffles

Noun

any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber
creamy chocolate candy
Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
Ellipsis of chocolate truffle (“creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder”).

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French trufle, a variant of truffe (whence also Danish and Norwegian trøffel, Swedish tryffel, German Trüffel), from Old Occitan trufa, a metathesis of Late Latin tufera (plural), from Latin tūber (“truffle”).

Synonyms

chocolate truffle, earth-ball, earthnut

Scrabble Score: 13

truffle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
truffle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
truffle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

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