PHOENIX
Scrabble letter values: P3H4O1E1N1I1X8 = 19
Definition
- noun the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona. — synonyms: capital_of_Arizona
- noun a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa. — synonyms: genus_Phoenix
- noun a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix.
- noun a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor.
Examples
- “situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation”
- “according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years”
- “Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.”