ScrabList #17

4 Letter Words:

  1. KAGO – (Japanese) a basketwork passenger litter [n -S]
  2. MIEN – (French) an air or look [n -S]
  3. POUK – (Scots) to pluck, pinch, also POOK [v POUKIT, POUKING, POUKS]
  4. TEPA – an organophosphorus compound used as an insect sterilant and formerly to treat cancer [n -S]
  5. WEID – (Scots) any sudden illness, cold or relapse with febrile symptoms [n -S]
  6. DYAD – two units treated as one; a couple; a pair, also DUAD [n -S]
  7. YAUD – (Scots) a mare, a jade [n -S]
  8. YILL – (Scots) to entertain or delight with ale [v -ED, -ING, -S]
  9. ZIMB – (Amharic) an Ethiopian dipterous insect, also ZEBUB [n -S]
  10. ZYGA – ZYGON, (Greek) an H-shaped fissure of the brain [n]
  11. ARCO – (Italian) the bow of a stringed instrument [n ARCOS or ARCHI]
  12. BEMA – (Greek) a platform in a synagogue, also BIMA, BIMAH [n BEMAS or BEMATA]
  13. BOGY – a goblin, a bugbear, an object of special dread, also BOGEY, BOGEYMAN, BOGYMAN, BOOGERMAN, BOOGEYMAN, BOOGIEMAN, BOOGYMAN [n BOGIES]
  14. BOOH – to show disapproval by making this sound, also BOO [v -ED, -ING, -S]
  15. FAAN – FAA, (Scots) to fall [v]
  16. MAAR – (German) a volcanic crater without a cone, usually filled by a lake [n MAARS or MAARE]

5 Letter Words:

  1. OLLAV – (Irish) an Irish master poet, also OLLAMH [n -S]
  2. HYRAX – (Greek) a small, harelike mammal, also HYRACOID [n HYRAXES or HYRACES]
  3. PANAX – (Greek) a tree of the Aralia family [n -ES]
  4. KVASS – (Russian) an alcoholic drink of low strength made in Russia and East Europe from cereals and stale bread, also KVAS, QUASS [n -ES]
  5. QUONK – to make an accidental disturbing noise too close to a microphone [v -ED, -ING, -S]
  6. ZABRA – (Spanish) a small vessel used off the Spanish coast [n -S]
  7. COLZA – (Dutch) a variety of cabbage cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes [n -S]
  8. MIAOW – to make the sound of a crying cat, also MEOW, MEOU, MIAOU, MIAUL [v -ED, -ING, -S]
  9. WANZE – (obsolete) to decrease, waste away [v WANZED, WANZING, WANZES]
  10. CHACE – (obsolete) to chase [v CHACED, CHACING, CHACES]
  11. FORZA – (Italian) force, strength [n FORZE]
  12. ZOPPO – (Italian) having a syncopated or temporarily changing accent of a beat, also ZOPPA [adj]
  13. SIREE – (US) a mode of address, sir, also SIRRA, SIRRAH, SIRREE [n -S]
  14. HOORD – (obsolete) a hoard [n -S]
  15. DEAWY – (Spenser) dewy, also DEAWIE, DEWY [adj]
  16. GIUST – (Spenser) to tilt with lances, also JOUST, JUST [v -ED, -ING, -S]
  17. FEDEX – to send by Federal Express [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
  18. DRUXY – of timber, having hidden decayed spots, also DRICKSIE [adj DRUXIER, DRUXIEST]

6 Letter Words:

  1. HERBAR – (Spenser) a herb-garden, also HERBARY [n -S]
  2. STAYNE – (Spenser) to stain [v STAYNED, STAYNING, STAYNES]
  3. FIAUNT – (Spenser) a fiat [n -S]
  4. KIAUGH – (Scots) care, trouble, also KAUGH [n -S]
  5. VERDIT – (Spenser) a verdict [n -S]
  6. EWGHEN – (Spenser) made of yew-wood, also EUGHEN, YEWEN [adj]
  7. VERVEN – (Spenser) vervain, the flower [n -S]
  8. YWROKE – (Spenser) wrought [v]
  9. FRIGOT – (Spenser) a frigate [n -S]
  10. ERSATZ – (German) a substitute, usually artificial and inferior [n -ES]
  11. KAMEEZ – (Urdu) in South Asia, a loose tunic, worn by women, also KAMEES [n -ES]
  12. SHIRAZ – (Persian) a type of wine grape, aka syrah [n -ES]
  13. RAKIJA – a kind of fruit brandy produced by distillation of fermented fruit, popular throughout the Balkans, also RAKIA [n -S]
  14. RHANJA – (Hinglish) a male lover [n -S]
  15. SHIVOO – (Australian slang) a noisy party [n -S]
  16. BOOCOO – (slang) much or many, also BOOKOO [n -S]
  17. NINCUM – (short for) nincompoop, also NINCOM [n -S]
  18. PSYWAR – (short for) psychological warfare [n -S]
  19. NOCAKE – (Native American) a meal made from parched maize [n -S]
  20. HAEMIN – the red, crystalline salt of haematin with hydrochloric acid, also HEMIN [n -S]

7 Letter Words:

  1. TOLARJI – TOLAR, (Slovene) the standard monetary unit of Slovenia [n]
  2. APAREJO – (Spanish) a kind of pack saddle used in the American military service and among the Spanish Americans [n -S]
  3. ALIZARI – a Mediterranean plant which yields a dye [n -S]
  4. WEBZINE – a magazine published on the Internet [n -S]
  5. JOHNNIE – (slang) a condom, also JOHNNY [n -S]
  6. FECKING – (vulgar slang) an intensive, also FECKIN [adj]
  7. YACHTIE – (Australian slang) a yachtsman, also YACHTER, YACHTMAN, YACHTSMAN [n -S]
  8. ALLEGGE – (Spenser) to allay, also ALEGGE, ALLEDGE [v ALLEGGED, ALLEGGING, ALLEGGES]
  9. TRIFFIC – (slang) terrific, excellent, also TRIFF [adj]
  10. CHOINOIS – (French) a cone-shaped sieve [n -ES]
  11. FIDIBUS – a paper spill for lighting a pipe [n -ES]
  12. KLIPDAS – (South African) the Cape hyrax, an African mammal, like a woodchuck but more closely related to ungulates [n -ES]
  13. UVEITIS – inflammation of the uvea [n -ES]
  14. VOMITUS – (Latin) matter vomited [n -ES]
  15. QUIETUS – (Latin) a final settlement [n -ES]
  16. SEJEANT – in heraldry, represented in a sitting position, also SEJANT [adj]
  17. ULULANT – howling [adj]
  18. NEWMOWN – recently mown [adj]
  19. CONCEDO – (Latin) in logic, I admit, I yield [v]
  20. VIRANDO – (Hindi) a roofed gallery, terrace, or open portico along the front or side of a building, also VERANDA, VERANDAH, VIRANDA [n -S]
  21. MADOQUA – (Amharic) a small Abyssinian antelope [n -S]
  22. DAQUIRI – a cocktail, also DAIQUIRI [n -S]
  23. MATSURI – (Japanese) a Shinto festival or public ceremony held at a shrine [n -S]
  24. GUARISH – (obsolete) to cure, heal, also GARISH [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

8 Letter Words:

  1. GODSQUAD – (offensive) evangelical Christians as a group [n -S]
  2. HUAQUERO – (Spanish) in Latin America, a person who steals antiquities and relics from tombs [n -S]
  3. OBSEQUIE – (Milton) an obsequy, a funeral rite [n -S]
  4. NONQUOTA – not included in or subject to a quota [adj]
  5. ULTRAHIP – extremely hip [adj]
  6. ULTRADRY – very very dry [adj ULTRADRIER or ULTRADRYER, ULTRADRIEST or ULTRADRYEST]
  7. HYPERGOL – a rocket fuel [n -S]
  8. SUPERLOO – a self-cleaning public toilet [n -S]
  9. SUPERSEX – very good sex [n -ES]
  10. SUPEREGO – a part of the psyche [n -S]
  11. SUPERBAD – exceedingly bad; exceedingly good [adj]
  12. SUPERGUN – a very large gun [n -S]
  13. OVERFREE – too liberal [adj OVERFREELY]
  14. JELUTONG – (Malay) a naturally occurring rubberlike substance, aka pontianak [n -S]
  15. NIRAMIAI – (Japanese) in sumo wrestling, a period of stamping and glaring to cow the opponent [n -S]
  16. URUSHIOL – (Japanese) a poisonous and irritant oily liquid present in poison ivy and the lacquer tree [n -S]
  17. CALLIOPE – (Greek) a keyboard musical instrument [n -S]
  18. OUTBRAVE – to surpass in courage [v OUTBRAVED, OUTBRAVING, OUTBRAVES]
  19. LIVELOOD – (Spenser) livelihood, also LIVELOD [n -S]
  20. PARROKET – a small long-tailed parrot, also PARAKEET, PARAQUET, PARAQUITO, PAROQUET, PARRAKEET, PARROQUET [n -S]
  21. WARRAGAL – (Native Australian) the Australian wild dog, the dingo, also WARRAGLE, WARRAGUL, WARRIGAL [n -S]
  22. SWAPTION – a swap option [n -S]
  23. SNEAKEUP – (Shakespeare) a sneak, a shirker [n -S]
  24. WAUKRIFE – (Scots) wakeful, vigilant, also WAKERIFE [adj]

Daily Scrabble Words 3

May 14, 2021

1. EXTIRP

v. (Shakespeare) to root out
Verb extensions: EXTIRPS, EXTIRPED, EXTIRPING

2. GAIJIN

n. (Japanese) a foreigner in Japan

3. MEZUZA

n. (Hebrew) a small rolled parchment affixed to the doorposts in Jewish houses in fulfilment of the Torah’s command to inscribe God’s words upon the doorposts of one’s house
Also: MEZUZAH, MEZUZOT, MEZUZOTH
Back hooks: S

SCRABLISTmid #9

  1. MEDEVAC – to evacuate the wounded from a battlefield by helicopter, also MEDIVAC
  2. EQUERRY – an official who attends the royal family
  3. SEXFOIL – an ornamental design having six leaves or petals radiating from a common centre
  4. FRAKTUR – (German) a German style of black letter, the normal type used for printing German from the 16th to the mid 20th cent, also FRACTUR
  5. COTTOID – like a cottid, a fish of the genus Cottus
  6. PRERACE – before a race
  7. CAPERER – one who capers
  8. JILBAB.S – JILBAB, (Arabic) a long robe worn by Muslim women
  9. WALLEYE – an eye in which the iris is pale or whitish, also WATCHEYE
  10. BEIGEST – BEIGE, greyish buff with a hint of pink
  11. MAZUMA.S – MAZUMA, (Yiddish) money, cash
  12. EPOXIDE – an epoxy compound
  13. GUMWEED – a plant covered with a gummy substance
  14. YEANING – YEAN, esp. of a sheep, to bring forth young, also EAN
  15. FUTHORC – the runic alphabet, also FUTHARC, FUTHARK, FUTHORK
  16. WINSOME – charming, captivating
  17. COTERIE – (French) a social or literary circle
  18. LOUVER.S – LOUVER, a sloping slat placed across an opening, also LOUVRE
  19. QUERIDA – (Spanish) a Mexican term of endearment, sweetheart
  20. TWIGLOO – a makeshift shelter made from branches
  21. MOZETTA – (Italian) a hooded cape worn by bishops, also MOZZETTA
  22. EILDING – (Scots) fuel, also ELDIN, ELDING, YEALDON
  23. SUNBEAT – continually exposed to the sun, also SUNBEATEN
  24. ATOKOUS – without offspring, also ATOKAL
  25. OIKIST.S – OIKIST, (historical) the founder of a colony, also OECIST
  26. BUNCOED – BUNCO, to practice such a trick, also BUNKO
  27. NUTWOOD – a nut-bearing tree
  28. PRECOUP – preceding a coup
  29. ACCOURT – to entertain
  30. AULNAGE – cloth inspection, also ALNAGE
  31. LEGUAAN – (Dutch) a large monitor lizard of the genus Varanus, also LEGUAN
  32. SQUAMA.E – SQUAMA, (Latin) a scale, also SQUAME
  33. FUMETTE – (French) the scent of game when high, also FEWMET, FUMET
  34. BORAZON – a manmade compound of nitrogen and boron, as hard as diamond
  35. DEAIRED – DEAIR, to remove air from
  36. DHANSAK – (Urdu) any of a variety of Indian dishes consisting of meat or vegetables braised with water or stock and lentils, also DANSAK
  37. KHANDA.S – KHANDA, (Punjabi) a double-edged Sikh sword
  38. RIPCORD – a cord to release a parachute
  39. ZAMBUCK – (New Zealand) a member of the St John’s ambulance brigade, esp. one on duty at a sporting event, also ZAMBUK
  40. ENDUING – ENDUE, to put on, as of clothes; to invest with, also ENDEW, INDEW, INDOW, INDUE
  41. LOKSHEN – (Yiddish) noodles
  42. ROBINIA – a genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America
  43. TWYFOLD – twofold, also TWAFALD, TWIFOLD, TWOFOLD
  44. MARQUIS – a British or Irish hereditary nobleman of the second rank of the peerage, below a duke and above an earl, also MARQUESS
  45. NEOCON.S – NEOCON, (short for) a neoconservative
  46. MATELOT – (French) a seaman, also MATLO, MATLOW
  47. RAUPATU – (Maori) confiscation of land
  48. OCICAT.S – OCICAT, a large shorthaired cat with a spotted coat
  49. PAVIOUR – a person who lays paving-stones; a machine for tamping down paving-stones, also PAVER, PAVIOR
  50. SIMPKIN – an Urdu corruption of champagne, also SIMKIN
  51. HOUHERE – (Maori) a small evergreen New Zealand tree
  52. INTRADA – (Italian) a musical prelude
  53. DROVING – the action of herding cattle
  54. ALLODIA – ALLODIUM, (Latin) an estate held in absolute ownership, also ALLOD, ALOD, ALODIUM
  55. ANERGIA – lack of energy
  56. EREPSIN – an enzyme of the small intestine
  57. HOUFING – HOUF, to haunt, frequent, also HOUFF, HOWF, HOWFF
  58. NONPLAY – a theatrical work that is not a play
  59. RIVIERA – (Italian) a warm coastal district
  60. NUTTING – the act of gathering nuts
  61. BOOMER – a large male kangaroo
  62. DACTYL.S – DACTYL, (Greek) a metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long syllables
  63. ROCKABY – a song used to lull children to sleep, also ROCKABYE
  64. MESTIZA – (Spanish) a (female) person of mixed, esp. Spanish and American-Indian parentage
  65. YAWPING – the act of yelping
  66. SAMAAN.S – SAMAAN, (Caribbean) the rain-tree, a member of the mimosa family, also SAMAN, ZAMAN, ZAMANG
  67. LINALOL – (Spanish) a fragrant liquid alcohol, used to make perfume, obtained from oil of rosewood, also LINALOOL
  68. OBELION – a part of the skull
  69. NUNHOOD – the condition of a nun
  70. CAMPOUT – a camping out by a group
  71. SUBRENT – to sublet or rent out (a property that is already rented)
  72. DULOSIS – enslavement by an insect
  73. HEPATIC – pertaining to or acting upon the liver, also HEPATICAL
  74. ANLAGEN – ANLAGE, (German) the first discernible rudiment of an organ
  75. PAKFONG – (Chinese) a Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, also PACKFONG, PAKTHONG, PAKTONG
  76. CALENDS – (Latin) the first day of the ancient Roman month from which days were counted backwards to the Ides, also KALENDS
  77. LINGAM.S – LINGAM, (Sanskrit) the phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshipped in his character of the creative and reproductive power, also LINGA
  78. UNBLENT – not blent
  79. SAMBAL.S – SAMBAL, (Malay) a food served with curry
  80. SHIDDER – (Spenser) a female animal
  81. PIXYISH – like a pixy
  82. HONEYED – HONEY, to sweeten with a sweet thick fluid
  83. EIGHTVO – a printer’s page size, also OCTAVO
  84. FITCHEW – a polecat, also FITCH, FITCHET
  85. DEAWING – DEAW, (Spenser) to cover with dew
  86. CORONEL – the iron head of a tilting spear, used in jousting
  87. MILLRUN – the current of water that drives a mill wheel, also MILLRACE
  88. ABEYANT – in abeyance, suspended
  89. GNATHIC – of or pertaining to the jaw, also GNATHAL
  90. HULLOO.S – HULLOO, to hail, also HALLOA, HALLOO
  91. BARGOON – (Canadian slang) a bargain
  92. BOSHTER – (Australian slang) very good, also BOSHTA, BOSKER
  93. CHYACK.S – CHYACK, (Australian slang) to tease, deride, also CHIACK
  94. BOVVER.S – BOVVER, (slang) rowdy or violent behaviour by street gangs
  95. GEECHEE – (US slang) a rural southern black
  96. FIGJAM.S – FIGJAM, (Australian slang) a conceited person
  97. NETHEAD – an enthusiast or expert on the internet
  98. KAYLIED – (slang) intoxicated