July 2021 – ScrabGuys

July 29, 2021

1. CAJUPUT

n. (Malay) a volatile oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree
Also: CAJAPUT, CAJEPUT, KAJEPUT
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2. VICUNA

n. (Quechua) a wild wool-bearing llama-like animal of the Andes
Also: VICUGNA
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3. OEUVRE

n. (French) the sum of an artist’s life work
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4. MEVROU

n. (South African) a title of respect for a woman
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5. EVOVAE

n. (Latin) a name for a Gregorian cadence
Also: EUOUAE
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6. FEHMIC

adj. pertaining to a fehm, a mediaeval German court
Also: VEHMIC, VEHMIQUE

July 28, 2021

1. YIDAKI

n. (Native Australian) a long wooden wind instrument played by the Aboriginal people of Arnhem Land
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2. WIRRAH

n. (Native Australian) a saltwater fish with bright blue spots
Anagrams: WHIRRA
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3. BROLGA

n. (Native Australian) a large grey Australian crane
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4. MURREE

n. (Native Australian) a native Australian
Also: MURRI
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5. KOOLAH

n. (Native Australian) a small furry Australian marsupial
Also: KOALA, COALA
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6. GUNYAH

n. (Native Australian) an Australian aborigine’s hut
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7. GHILGAI

n. (Native Australian) a saucer-shaped depression forming a natural reservoir
Also: GILGAI
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8. EUMUNG

n. (Native Australian) an Australian acacia
Also: EUMONG
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9. BUNYIP

n. (Native Australian) a fabulous monster of swamps and lagoons
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10. BOGONG

n. (Native Australian) a noctuid moth eaten by Australian aborigines
Also: BUGONG
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11. WUDJULA

n. (Native Australian) a non-aboriginal person
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12. WONGI

v. (Native Australian) to talk or chat
Anagrams: OWING
Verb extensions: WONGIS, WONGIED, WONGIING

13. BELAH

n. (Native Australian) an Australian tree of the Casuarina genus, aka beefwood
Also: BELAR
Anagrams: HABLE
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14. ADJIGO

n. (Native Australian) an Australian edible yam
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Month: July 2021