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   speck

   /spɛk/

   noun

   • 1. a tiny spot: "the figure in the distance had become a mere speck" Similar dotpinprickspotfleckspecklestainmarksmudgeblemish
   • ▪ a small particle of a substance: "specks of dust" Similar particlebittiny bitpiecetiny pieceatommoleculegraintrace
   • ▪ a rotten spot in fruit.

   verb

   • 1. mark with small spots: "their skin was specked with goose pimples"

   Word Origin Old Englishspecca; compare with the noun speckle.

   Derivatives

   • 1. speckless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • S

     1

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

   • C

     3

   • K

     5

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