Piqued
6 lettersverbrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Past tense of pique, used to describe cloth that was worked or made in the tightly woven ribbed style of piqué fabric with raised cords.
“The jacket had been piqued in the traditional manner, giving it a distinctive textured surface.”
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Contains the rare QU combination followed by ED, a pattern worth remembering for word challenges
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The Q is worth 10 points and is accompanied by a U, making this a strong scoring word if you can place the QU combination
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