ScrabList #13

General:

  1. FIZGIG – to dob someone in to the police, also FISGIG, FISHGIG, FIZZGIG
  2. SNOEK – (Dutch) the barracouta
  3. COYPOU – an aquatic rodent, also COYPU
  4. GIDJEE – (Native Australian) a small Australian acacia tree, also GIDGEE
  5. ENJAMB – in poetry, to join the sense from one line to the next
  6. VERTUE – moral excellence, also VIRTUE
  7. KELEP – a stinging ant
  8. PHIAL – to keep in a small bottle, also VIAL
  9. PEWEE – a small, olive-brown North American bird
  10. GARBO – (Australian slang) a garbage collector
  11. DECCIE – (slang) interior decoration
  12. CHENIX – (Greek) an ancient Greek dry measure
  13. ANURIA – failure to urinate
  14. PROJET – (French) a draft of a proposed measure; a project
  15. FINNAC – (Gaelic) a young seatrout, also FINNACK, FINNOCK, PHINNOCK
  16. USQUE – (Gaelic) whiskey, also USQUABAE, USQUEBAE, USQUEBAUGH
  17. TOQUE – (French) a close-fitting woman’s hat, also TOQUET
  18. RONYON – (Shakespeare) a mangy or scabby creature, also RONION, RUNNION
  19. VOULGE – a weapon carried by foot-soldiers in the 14th century, also VOUGE
  20. SCYPHI – SCYPHUS, (Greek) a drinking vessel used in ancient Greece, also SKYPHOS
  21. HOWDAH – (Arabic) a seat on an elephant’s back, also HOUDAH
  22. MEDFLY – a Mediterranean fruit fly
  23. RIANCY – merriment
  24. ZORIL – (Spanish) a small African mammal, also ZORILLA, ZORILLE, ZORILLO
  25. ZOMBI – in West Indian magic, a reanimated corpse, also ZOMBIE
  26. DECAD – (obsolete) a period of ten years, also DECADE
  27. ZOFTIG – (Yiddish) having a full rounded figure, pleasingly plump, also ZAFTIG
  28. BEYLIK – (Turkish) the domain of a bey, also BEYLIC
  29. BILLYO – in the phrase “like billyo”, extremely, also BILLYOH
  30. BLUIDY – (Scots) stained with blood, also BLOODY, BLUDIE, BLUDY
  31. BORTZ – (Dutch) diamond dust or fragments, also BOART, BORT
  32. BWAZI – an African shrub, also BUAZE
  33. CAHOUN – (Spanish) a South American palm tree, also COHUNE
  34. CHAZAN – (Hebrew) a cantor in a synagogue, also CHAZZAN, CHAZZEN, HAZAN, HAZZAN, KHAZEN
  35. WICCA – (Old English) the practice of witchcraft
  36. IXODID – (Greek) a tick, a bloodsucking insect
  37. KWELA – (Zulu) a form of Zulu folk music
  38. HUTZPA – (Yiddish) sass, moxie, also CHUTZPA, CHUTZPAH, HUTZPAH
  39. MIZUNA – (Japanese) a variety of lettuce with crisp green leaves
  40. VRAIC – a kind of seaweed, aka kelp, also VAREC, VARECH

Short words:

  1. NADS – (slang) testicles
  2. PFFT – used to express a sudden ending
  3. BAHU – (Hindi) a daughter-in-law
  4. OMOV – a voting system of one man, one vote
  5. GRAV – a unit of acceleration
  6. DERV – fuel for a diesel engine road vehicle
  7. AESC – (Old English) an Old English rune used for ‘ae’
  8. FLOC – to aggregate into floccules
  9. HUIC – used to encourage hunting hounds
  10. MERC – (short for) a mercenary
  11. SAIC – (Turkish) a Levantine vessel like a ketch, also SAICK, SAIQUE
  12. TORC – a necklace or armband in the form of a twisted metal band
  13. LUTZ – a jump in figure skating
  14. NEUK – (Scots) a nook, a corner
  15. WAUK – to full (cloth), also WAULK
  16. IGLU – (Inuit) a snow house, also IGLOO
  17. GENU – (Latin) the knee
  18. OMBU – a type of South American tree
  19. TROU – (short for) trousers
  20. THRU – (archaic) through
  21. RYND – a fitting to support a millstone
  22. TRYP – (short for) a trypanosome
  23. SKRY – to see the future e.g. via a crystal ball, also SCRY
  24. XYST – (historical) a long covered portico or court, also XYSTOS, XYSTUS
  25. VIFF – to change direction abruptly of a VTOL aircraft
  26. BLAH – to talk stupidly or insipidly
  27. HOIK – to hitch up, also HOICK
  28. MWAH – a representation of the sound of a kiss
  29. LWEI – a monetary unit of Angola
  30. VIZY – (Scots) to take a close look, also VISIE, VIZZIE

7’s and 8’s:

  1. GALLEIN – a red crystalline dyestuff
  2. NIGELLA – (Latin) a garden flower
  3. LEGALIST – someone inclined to legalism
  4. TILLAGE – the operation of tilling, preparing land for seed
  5. STILLAGE – a cask stand, also STILLING, STILLION
  6. GALLIZE – in winemaking, to bring to standard proportions by adding water and sugar to an inferior must, also GALLISE, GALLISISE, GALLISIZE
  7. GALILEE – a small chapel or porch at western end of some medieval English churches
  8. CHEDITE – a mixture of castor oil, ammonium perchlorate and a solvent, used as an explosive, also CHEDDITE
  9. EIDETIC – marked by or involving extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall
  10. PEDETIC – relating to pedesis, Brownian movement
  11. TIERCED – divided into three equal parts
  12. TELEFILM – a motion picture made for television
  13. ORALISM – the use of the oral method for teaching the deaf
  14. CALIGOES – CALIGO, (Latin) a reduction in vision due to a speck on the cornea
  15. CAMISOLE – (French) a loose under-bodice with thin shoulder straps instead of sleeves
  16. CALORISE – to coat steel with aluminum, also CALORIZE
  17. CARIOLE – (French) a small open carriage, also CARRIOLE
  18. EUSOCIAL – characterized by cooperative specialization of tasks
  19. LATIGOES – LATIGO, (Spanish) a strap used to fasten a saddle
  20. AGOUTIES – AGOUTY, a burrowing rodent, also AGOUTI, ACOUCHI, ACOUCHY, AGUTI
  21. RUMBAED – RUMBA, (Spanish) to perform a kind of dance, also RHUMBA
  22. APOMIXES – APOMIXIS, (Greek) nonsexual reproduction, from an apomict or unfertilized ovum
  23. INTITLE – to give a right to, also ENTITLE, INTITULE
  24. COINAGE – the act of making coins
  25. ANGINOSE – relating to angina
  26. ARMOIRE – (French) a large ornate cabinet
  27. AMIDONE – a synthetic opioid used as an analgesic
  28. DAIMONES – DAIMON, (Greek) an inward spirit; personality; genius, also DAEMON
  29. NOMADIES – NOMADY, the life of a nomad
  30. NOMADISE – to lead a nomadic life, also NOMADIZE
  31. SEMOLINA – (Italian) a granular product of wheat
  32. ANEMOSIS – the separation of rings of growth in timber due to wind
  33. MOINEAU – (French) a small flat bastion to protect a fortress under construction
  34. JALOPIES – JALOPY, a decrepit car, also JALOPPY
  35. JALOUSIE – (French) an outside shutter with slats
  36. JAROVISE – to hasten the flowering of a plant, also JAROVIZE
  37. BASENJI – (Bantu) a small African hunting-dog
  38. HEJIRAS – HEJIRA, (Arabic) the flight of Mohammed from Mecca, also HEGIRA, HEJRA, HIJRA, HIJRAH
  39. JIVEASS – (colloquial) a person who loves fun and excitement
  40. JALEBIS – JALEBI, (Hindi) an Asian snack of deep-fried dough covered with syrup, also JALLEBI

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