Calico

6 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

A plain-woven cotton fabric printed with a colourful pattern.

“She made a patchwork quilt from scraps of calico in several different prints.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

cal·i·co

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Synonyms

cotton muslin cloth

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Wordle

Three vowels A, I, O make it vowel-rich, C appears twice in a short word

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Scrabble

Worth 10 points, double C adds value, hooks with S for CALICOS

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Words you can make from Calico

Shorter words formed from the letters in “calico”.

calci calic colic icaco licca alco aoli caci caic calc ciao clio coal coca coil cola coli laic loci

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