Definition of sockeye

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • sockeye is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 16
  • sockeye is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 16
  • sockeye is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 16

Definition of sockeye


  • fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. red salmon
    2. sockeye salmon
  • small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. blueback salmon
    2. oncorhynchus nerka
    3. red salmon
    4. sockeye salmon

See definition of sockeye in Merriam Webster