Devein
6 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
To remove the dark digestive tract running along the back of a prawn or shrimp before cooking.
“The recipe instructed her to devein the prawns before adding them to the sauce.”
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Contains three vowels E, E, I, V is the standout consonant in an otherwise vowel-heavy word
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Worth 10 points, V scores 4, a culinary term rarely seen on the Scrabble board but fully valid
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