Definitions For Houseleek
Noun
HOUSELEEK (plural HOUSELEEKs) Any of several succulent plants, of the genus sempervivum, having a rosette of fleshy leavesSynonyms
{{top3}} ay-green bullock's eye, bullock’s eye cyphel (disused) foose (dialectal) fouat, fouet (Scotland) full (obsolete, rare) healing blade healing leaf {{mid3}} homewort (now historical and rare) house-green (chiefly in English regional use, now rare) imbreke (obsolete) jubarb (obsolete) Jupiter's beard, Jupiter’s beard Jupiter's eye, Jupiter’s eye liveforever seagreen (obsolete) {{mid3}} sedum (obsolete) sempervive (obsolete) semper-vivens (obsolete, rare) sempervivum sengreen (now dialectal) thunder-plant welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk {{bottom}}Hyponyms
{{vern, hen and chickens}} (Sempervivum globiferum)Derived terms
{{vern, cobweb houseleek}} (Sempervivum arachnoideum) {{vern, cottony houseleek}} (Sempervivum arachnoideum) {{vern, dwarf houseleek}} (Sedum reflexum) {{vern, roof houseleek}} (sempervivum tectorum)Translations
Arabic: حَيّ الْعَالَم, m Aramaic: : Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: חַיָּיא לְעָלְמָא, m (ḥayyā lə-ʿāləmā) Bulgarian: дебелец, m, ушно биле, n Danish: {{t-needed, da}} Finnish: mehitähti French: joubarbe, f Galician: herba tioura, f, herba punteira, f German: Hauswurz, f, m Greek: : Ancient: ἀείζωον Hebrew: חַי הָעוֹלָם, m (ḥay hā-ʿōlā́m), חַי לְעוֹלָם, m (ḥay lə-ʿōlā́m) {{q, Medieval}} Hungarian: kövirózsa Irish: buachaill tí, m Ladino: siemprebive, f Latin: sempervīvum, n, stergethron, m Norman: jombarbe, f {{qualifier, Jersey}} Persian: {{t-needed, pt}} Portuguese: sempre-viva, f Romanian: borșișor, m Russian: молоди́ло, n, живу́чка, f, ка́менная ро́за, f Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: čuvàrkuća, f : Latin: čuvàrkuća, f Slovene: netrêsk, m Spanish: siempreviva, f Swedish: {{t-needed, sv}}Etymology
From Middle English houslek, probably from {{inh, en, ang, *hūslēac}}, corresponding to {{com, en, house, leek}}. Cognate with {{cog, nl, huislook}}, {{cog, de, Hauslauch}}, {{cog, da, husløg}}, {{cog, sv, huslök}}.Is Houseleek a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
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Points in Different Games
Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
17
The word Houseleek is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends