Month: June 2021

Daily Scrabble Words 41

June 21, 2021

  • Today’s words all contain the letters J and M.
  • The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.1.1.

1. JACAMAR

n. (Tupi) any of various small insectivorous birds of tropical South America, with partly iridescent plumage
Back hooks: S

2. MAJAGUA

n. a forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flower
Back hooks: S

3. JAMBIYA

n. (Arabic) a Middle Eastern curved dagger
Also: JAMBIYAH
Back hooks: H, S

4. JAMAAT

n. (Arabic) an Islamic council or assembly
Back hooks: S

5. MOJARRA

n. (Spanish) any of various small percoid fishes of the family Gerreidae
Back hooks: S

6. MUSJID

n. (Arabic) a mosque
Also: MASJID
Back hooks: S

7. JOCKDOM

n. the world of athletes
Back hooks: S

8. LOGJAM

n. a tangled mass of logs, any blockage
v. to cause a logjam
Verb extensions: LOGJAMS, LOGJAMMED, LOGJAMMING

9. JOBNAME

n. a computer code for a job instruction
Anagrams: JAMBONE
Back hooks: S

10. MAATJES

n. (Danish) a young herring, treated, and served as an hors d’oeuvre
Also: MATJES

Daily Scrabble Words 40

June 20, 2021

  • The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.1.1.

1. PERICON

n. (Spanish) an Argentinian folk-dance performed by couples dancing in a ring
Anagrams: PONCIER, PORCINE
Plural: PERICONES

2. PENTITO

n. (Italian) in Italy, a Mafia criminal who has become a police informer
Plural: PENTITI

3. CHAEBOL

n. (Korean) a group of businesses in Korea owned by one family
Back hooks: S

4. HAPKIDO

n. (Japanese) a Korean martial art
Back hooks: S

Daily Scrabble Words 39

June 19, 2021

  • Today’s words are all Japanese.
  • The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.1.1.

1. SOKAIYA

n. (Japanese) in Japan, a corporate racketeer

2. CHANOYU

n. (Japanese) a tea ceremony
Also: CHADO, CHANOYO, SADO
Back hooks: S

3. DAIMOKU

n. (Japanese) a Buddhist chant
Back hooks: S

4. ZAITECH

n. (Japanese) the commercial practice of investing in financial markets to augment a company’s normal earnings
Back hooks: S

5. KIRIMON

n. (Japanese) a Japanese imperial crest with leaves and flowers
Back hooks: S

6. DOHYO

n. (Japanese) a sumo wrestling ring
Anagrams: HOODY
Back hooks: S

7. JUDOKA

n. (Japanese) one skilled in judo
Also: JUDOIST
Back hooks: S

8. OJIME

n. (Japanese) a carved bead through which to pass the two cords attached to a Japanese inro and which when slid down keeps the cords fastened
Anagrams: EMOJI
Back hooks: S

9. RYOKAN

n. (Japanese) a traditional Japanese inn
Anagrams: KARYON
Back hooks: S

10. TANUKI

n. (Japanese) a raccoon dog
Back hooks: S

11. ZENDO

n. (Japanese) a place where Zen Buddhists study
Anagrams: DOZEN, ZONED
Back hooks: S

Daily Scrabble Words 37

June 17, 2021

  • Today’s words are all contain the letters H and N.
  • The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.1.1.

1. BHAVAN

n. (Hindi) a large house
Also: BHAWAN
Back hooks: S

2. DHYANA

n. (Sanskrit) a profound meditation in Hinduism
Back hooks: S

3. MAHANT

n. (Hindi) a chief Hindu priest
Back hooks: S

4. MANCHE

n. (French) a sleeve
Back hooks: S, T

5. ENARCH

v. to graft a plant
Anagrams: CHENAR
Verb extensions: ENARCHES, ENARCHED, ENARCHING

6. NUCHAL

n. the nape of the neck
Also: NUCHA
Anagrams: LAUNCH
Back hooks: S

7. ONYCHA

n. (Greek) an ingredient in ancient Jewish incense; the nail-like operculum of a mollusc
Back hooks: S

8. SANDHI

n. (Sanskrit) the modification of a sound of a word by its context, e.g. the difference in pronunciation of ‘the’ in ‘the house’ and in ‘the other house’
Anagrams: DANISH
Back hooks: S

Daily Scrabble Words 36

June 16, 2021

  • Today’s words are all slang words.
  • The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.1.1.

1. ABDABS

n. (slang) a state of extreme nervousness, as in ‘the screaming abdabs’
Also: HABDABS
Anagrams: DABBAS
Front hooks: H

2. BLOTTO

adj. (slang) drunk

3. CHYACK

v. (Australian slang) to tease, deride
Also: CHIACK
Verb extensions: CHYACKS, CHYACKED, CHYACKING

4. DECCIE

n. (slang) interior decoration
Back hooks: S

5. FURPHY

n. (Australian slang) a rumour
Plural: FURPHIES

6. FIGJAM

n. (Australian slang) a conceited person
Back hooks: S

7. GEEBAG

n. (offensive Irish slang) a disagreeable woman
Back hooks: S

Daily Scrabble Words 35

June 15, 2021

  • Today’s words are all chemical elements.
  • Word #8 onwards can be considered bonus words for today, due to limited playability. However, I included them as I found them to be interesting. Despite #8 (copernicium), #10 (roentgenium) and #11 (seaborgium) already having IUPAC official names since 2010, 2004 and 1997 respectively, they are still available in the CSW19 lexicon. Strangely enough, these are the only three placeholder names I could find, which are based off their atomic number.
  • The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.1.1.

1. BOHRIUM

n. a radioactive element
Back hooks: S

2. DUBNIUM

n. an element produced by bombarding plutonium with high energy neon ions
Back hooks: S

3. CURIUM

n. a radioactive element
Back hooks: S

4. FERMIUM

n. a radioactive element
Back hooks: S

5. LUTETIUM

n. a rare earth element
Also: LUTECIUM
Back hooks: S

6. SAMARIUM

n. a metallic element
Back hooks: S

7. NIHONIUM

n. a highly radioactive element, of which only a few atoms have ever been produced
Back hooks: S

8. UNUNBIUM

n. a synthetic chemical element
Back hooks: S

9. VIRGINIUM

n. a name proposed for chemical element no 87, now called francium
Back hooks: S

10. UNUNUNIUM

n. a chemical element
Back hooks: S

11. UNNILHEXIUM

n. a chemical element, aka seaborgium
Back hooks: S

Daily Scrabble Words 34

June 14, 2021

  • Today’s words are all adverbs.
  • The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.1.1.

1. ZELOSO

adv. (Italian) in music, with fervour

2. UBIQUE

adv. (Latin) everywhere

3. ASQUAT

adv. (archaic) in a squatting position

4. JIMPLY

adv. JIMP, (Scots) slender

5. WHILOM

adv. (archaic) formerly; once; former

6. AKIMBO

adv. with hands on hips and elbows turned outwards

7. BELIKE

adv. (archaic) most likely; probably

8. BUXOMLY

adv. BUXOM, healthily plump

9. VELOCE

adv. (Italian) rapidly

10. OWERBY

adv. (Scots) a little way over
Also: OVERBY
Anagrams: BOWERY, BOWYER

Daily Scrabble Words 33

June 13, 2021

  • Today’s words all contain the letters V, W and Y.
  • The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.1.1.

1. VIEWLY

adj. (dialect) pleasing to look at

2. WAVEYS

n. WAVEY, (Canadian) the snow goose
Also: WAVY

3. WHYEVER

adv. (colloquial) for whatever reasong the surface of pottery to reveal a different colour

4. WEEVILY

adj. full of weevils
Also: WEEVILLY
Comparative and superlative: WEEVILIER, WEEVILIEST

5. VOWELLY

adj. full of vowels
Comparative and superlative: VOWELLIER, VOWELLIEST

6. WAYLEAVE

n. permission to pass over property
Back hooks: S

7. OVERWILY

adj. excessively wily
Comparative and superlative: OVERWILIER, OVERWILIEST

Daily Scrabble Words 32

June 12, 2021

  • Today’s words feature uncommon frontal letter combinations.
  • The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.1.1.

1. SFUMATO

n. (Italian) a painting having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance
Back hooks: S

2. SFERICS

n. (short for) atmospherics, noises interfering with radio reception, due to electric disturbances in the ether
Also: SPHERICS

3. SGRAFFITI

n. SGRAFFITO, (Italian) the technique of scratching the surface of pottery to reveal a different colour
Anagrams: GRAFFITIS

4. SJAMBOK

v. (South African) to beat with a rhinoceros-hide whip
Also: JAMBOK
Anagrams: JAMBOKS
Verb extensions: SJAMBOKS, SJAMBOKED, SJAMBOKKED, SJAMBOKING, SJAMBOKKING

5. SRADHA

n. (Sanskrit) an offering to the manes of an ancestor
Also: SHRADDHA, SRADDHA
Back hooks: S

6. SVEDBERG

n. (Swedish) a unit of time used to measure sedimentation velocity
Back hooks: S

7. ZWIEBACK

n. (German) a usually sweetened bread that is baked and then sliced and toasted until dry and crisp
Back hooks: S