SCORCHED
Scrabble letter values: S1C3O1R1C3H4E1D2 = 16
Definition
- adjective dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight. — synonyms: adust, baked, parched, sunbaked
- adjective having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy.
Examples
- “a vast desert all adust”
- “land lying baked in the heat”
- “parched soil”