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   soot

   /sʊt/

   noun

   • 1. a deep black powdery or flaky substance consisting largely of amorphous carbon, produced by the incomplete burning of organic matter.

   verb

   • 1. cover or clog (something) with soot: "you have previously sooted the underside of their plate by holding it over a candle"

   Word Origin Old Englishsōt, of Germanic origin; related to German dialect Sott, from an Indo-European root shared by the verb sit.

   Scrabble Points: 4

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