ScrabList #3

General:

  1. MIKVEH – (Hebrew) a place for ritual bathing by Orthodox Jews, also MIKVA, MIKVAH, MIKVOS
  2. QUEYN – (Scots) a young woman, also QUEAN, QUEYNIE, QUINE, QUINIE
  3. JIGOT – (French) a leg of lamb, also GIGOT
  4. USURP – to seize and hold without legal authority
  5. YAUPON – (Catawba) a bushy evergreen shrub of the holly genus, also YAPON, YOUPON, YUPON
  6. SATORI – (Japanese) a state of sudden enlightenment, sought in Zen Buddhism
  7. WISARD – a wizard
  8. ROUTH – (Scots) abundance, also ROWTH
  9. SLALOM – (Norwegian) to ski in a zigzag course
  10. DARGAH – (Persian) the tomb of a Muslim saint also DARGA, DURGAH
  11. YULAN – (Chinese) a kind of magnolia, producing large white flowers
  12. HYPHAE – HYPHA, (Greek) a threadlike element of a fungus
  13. GNARR – to snarl, also GNAR, KNAR
  14. GRRRL – as in riot grrrl, a young woman who plays or enjoys an aggressively feminist style of punk rock music, also GRRL
  15. ROADEO – a competition for truck drivers
  16. KENAF – (Persian) a fibre-yielding plant of East Indies, aka ambary or ambari
  17. SOWFF – (Scots) to whistle or hum softly, also SOWF, SOWTH
  18. MONGOL – (offensive) a person affected by Down’s syndrome
  19. GAUPUS – (dialect) a silly person, also GAWPUS
  20. AHCHOO – expressing a sneeze
  21. SOLDAN – the monarch or chief ruler of a Muslim country, also SOUDAN, SOULDAN, SULDAN, SULTAN
  22. LAPDOG – a small dog fondled in the lap
  23. FOOBAR – (vulgar) totally messed up, also FUBAR
  24. ZIRAM – a white compound used as a fungicidal powder on vegetables and some fruit crops
  25. CAXON – (historical) a kind of wig
  26. PIKUL – (Malay) a Chinese weight, also PICUL
  27. BERLIN – (German) an old four-wheeled carriage, also BERLINE
  28. YAKUZA – (Japanese) a Japanese gangster
  29. KLATCH – (German) in North America, a coffee party or other social function, also KLATSCH
  30. HENNA – (Arabic) to dye with a reddish colouring
  31. BEZIL – the oblique side or face of a cut gem, also BEZEL
  32. GAUJE – (Romany) a fellow, also GADGIE, GADJE, GADJO, GAJO, GAUDGIE, GORGIO
  33. CRISIC – relating to a crisis
  34. PAKIHI – (Maori) acid land unfit for cultivation, also PAKAHI
  35. GALAH – (Native American) an Australian bird of the parrot family; (figurative) a loud, rude person

7-Letter Bingos:

  1. AEROGEL – a highly porous solid
  2. IODISER – one that iodizes, also IODIZER
  3. EARLIES – EARLY, an early potato
  4. NOTITIA – (Latin) a roll, list or register
  5. NADIRAL – of or like a nadir, the point of the heavens diametrically opposite to the zenith
  6. RATAFEE – an almond-flavoured liquor, also RATAFIA
  7. SERAFIN – (Portuguese) a former silver coin of Goa, also SERAPHIN, XERAFIN, XERAPHIN
  8. FAIENCE – (French) a type of glazed pottery, also FAYENCE
  9. MOREENS – MOREEN, a stout corded wool or cotton
  10. OUTVIES – OUTVIE, to surpass in competition
  11. ISOLEAD – a line on a ballistic graph
  12. OUTWEAR – to last longer than
  13. ATHEOUS – (Milton) atheistic; impious
  14. CANNIER – CANNIE, prudent, also CANNY
  15. TORTILE – twisted
  16. PADRONE – (Italian) an innkeeper, an employer
  17. RETRAIT – (obsolete) retreat, also RETRAICT, RETRAITE, RETRATE
  18. NAEVOID – resembling a naevus or naevi
  19. AURATES – AURATE, a salt derived from auric acid
  20. AUNTERS – AUNTER, (obsolete) an adventure
  21. ALEURON – a protein found in some seeds, also ALEURONE
  22. TOADIES – TOADY, to fawn on or flatter
  23. TONIEST – TONY, high-toned, also TONEY
  24. FADEINS – FADEIN, a gradual increase in the brightness of an image
  25. NONAGES – NONAGE, legal infancy, minority
  26. TROELIE – (Tupi) an Amazonian palm tree, also TROELY, TROOLIE
  27. IRONIER – IRONY, like iron
  28. ANTIFOG – acting to stop a car window from fogging up
  29. OUTDARE – to surpass in daring
  30. ANIMATO – (Italian) a passage to be played in a lively manner

Short Words:

  1. BHUT – (Hindi) a small whirlwind, also BHOOT
  2. DOUC – a kind of monkey, remarkable for its varied and brilliant colours, native to Cochin China
  3. DOCU – (colloquial) a documentary film
  4. FLAM – to deceive
  5. FURR – (Scots) a furrow, also FEER
  6. MOTU – (Maori) a small reef island
  7. WHAP – to strike forcefully, also WHOP
  8. PEGH – (Scots) to pant, also PECH
  9. BIFF – to strike hard
  10. LOUP – (Scots) to leap, also LOWP
  11. WIEL – a whirlpool; a fish-trap, also WEIL, WEEL
  12. LATU – an edible Asian seaweed
  13. TEGU – (Aztec) a large black and yellow South American lizard, also TEGUEXIN
  14. YELT – (dialect) a young sow, also ELT, GILT
  15. SNEB – to reprimand, also SNEBBE, SNUB, SNUBBE
  16. BOUN – to prepare, also BOWNE
  17. QUIN – (short for) a quintuplet
  18. WYNN – a rune, having the value of modern English W, also WYN
  19. DEXY – a pill containing Dexedrine, a sulfate used as a stimulant, also DEX, DEXIE
  20. ROJI – (Japanese) a Japanese garden design
  21. NEWB – a newbie, also NEWBIE
  22. FIKY – (Scots) fidgeting and restless, also FIKISH
  23. BOCK – to belch, also BOKE, BOAK
  24. SUMI – (Japanese) a type of black Japanese ink
  25. ANAN – (to a person calling for attention) in a moment! coming, also ANON
  26. ANNA – (Hindi) a former coin of India
  27. OTTO – (Persian) a fragrant essential oil, also ATTAR, OTTAR
  28. DUCI – DUCE, (Italian) a leader
  29. HIYA – (colloquial) a greeting
  30. SINH – a hyperbolic function of an angle

Bonus Segment:

  1. COUZIN – (South African) a friend
  2. DWAAL – (South African) a state of befuddlement
  3. FYNBOS – (South African) in South Africa, an area of low shrubs
  4. HOWZIT – (South African) how is it (going)?
  5. JAMBOK – (South African) to beat with a rhinoceros-hide whip, also SJAMBOK
  6. KIAAT – (South African) a tropical African leguminous tree
  7. SJOE – (South African) expressing surprise, admiration etc.
  8. LAPJE – (South African) a rag or piece of cloth, also LAPPIE
  9. MEVROU – (South African) a title of respect for a woman
  10. NKOSI – (South African) term of address to a superior
  11. MARABI – (South African) a kind of music popular in townships in the 1930s
  12. OUBAAS – (South African) someone senior in years or rank
  13. NYAOPE– (South African) another name for the drug whoonga [CSW19]
  14. POTJIE – (South African) a three-legged iron pot used for cooking over a wood fire
  15. REEBOK – (South African) a kind of antelope, also RHEBOK
  16. SCAMTO – (South African) the argot of urban South African blacks
  17. SMAAK – (South African) to like or love
  18. UMFAZI – (South African) an African married woman
  19. VELDT – (South African) open grassland, also VELD
  20. VERLIG – (South African) politically liberal, also VERLIGTE
  21. WITGAT – (South African) a South African evergreen tree, also WITGATBOOM
  22. VOEMA – (South African) vigour
  23. SKYF – (South African) to smoke
  24. OPGEFOK – (South African) badly damaged, messed up

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