February 22, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. QUAMASH

n. (Native American) a blue-flowered liliaceous plant of northwestern America
Also: CAMAS, CAMASH, CAMASS
Plural: QUAMASHES

2. BOSQUET

n. a thicket, a plantation
Also: BOSK, BOSKET, BOSQUE, BUSKET
Back hooks: S

3. BLAZAR

n. a type of active galaxy that is a more energetic source of radiation than a quasar
Back hooks: S

4. CUNDUM

n. a condom
Back hooks: S

5. CICELY

n. a fragrant herb
Plural: CICELIES

6. HAMULI

n. HAMULUS, (Latin) a small hook

7. HAUYNE

n. a blue mineral, found in lapis lazuli
Back hooks: S

8. CHYLDE

adj. designating a youth of gentle birth, esp. in ballads
Also: CHILDE

February 21, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. GRYKE

n. (Old Norse) a crevice in a limestone pavement
Also: GRIKE
Back hooks: S

2. SPEOS

n. (Greek) a grotto-temple or tomb
Plural: SPEOSES
Anagrams: PESOS, POSES, POSSE

3. EVZONE

n. (Modern Greek) a soldier in an elite Greek infantry regiment
Back hooks: S

4. SAXAUL

n. a low, thick, grotesquely contorted tree of the saltbush family found on the steppes of Asia
Also: SAKSAUL
Back hooks: S

5. MIHRAB

n. (Arabic) a niche or slab in a mosque marking the direction of Mecca
Back hooks: S

6. SNUBFIN

adj. as in snubfin dolphin, a species of dolphin with a small stubby dorsal fin

7. TRIPOLI

n. an earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals, aka diatomite
Back hooks: S

8. TRISMIC

adj. relating to trismus, lockjaw

February 20, 2022

• Today’s words features at least 2 words from every part of speech
• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. AFARA

n. (Yoruba) a type of West African tree having a light-coloured, straight-grained wood
Back hooks: S

2. DOGFOX

n. a male fox
Plural: DOGFOXES

3. SYRINX

n. (Greek) the vocal organ of a bird
Plural: SYRINXES

4. CATCHT

v. CATCH, to capture after pursuit

5. ELTCHI

n. (Turkish) an ambassador
Also: ELCHI, ELCHEE
Back hooks: S

6. HOWBEIT

conj. notwithstanding

7. SOBEIT

conj. provided that
Anagrams: BOITES, STOBIE, TOBIES

8. VOETSAK

intej. (South African) offensive, expressing rejection
Also: VOERTSAK, VOERTSEK, VOETSEK

9. THANKEE

intej. (colloquial) thank you

10. INGLOBE

v. to form into a globe
Also: ENGLOBE
Verb forms: INGLOBED, INGLOBING, INGLOBES
Anagrams: IGNOBLE

11. GEARLESS

adj. being without gears
Anagrams: EELGRASS, LARGESSE

12. LARGESS

n. (French) generosity
Also: LARGESSE
Plural: LARGESSES

13. ATISHOO

n. an imitation of the sound of a sneeze
interj. expressing a sneeze
Also: ACHOO, AHCHOO, KERCHOO
Back hooks: S

14. GIDDYAP

intej. used to tell a horse to go faster
Also: GIDDAP, GIDDUP, GIDDYUP

15. WAESUCK

intej. (Scots) interjection used to express pity, alas
Also: WAESUCKS

16. FORNENT

adv. (Scots) right opposite to in location
Also: FERNINST, FOREANENT, FORNENST

17. FOREBYE

prep. (Scots) close by
Also: FORBY, FORBYE, FOREBY

18. CESTUI

pron. in legal phrases, he, the one
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: CUEIST, CUTIES

19. HALAKIC

adj. (Hebrew) pertaining to the halakah
Also: HALACHIC, HALAKHIC

20. ABROACH

adv. (obsolete) open, in a condition to allow liquor to run out

21. ALLYOU

pron. (Caribbean) all of you

22. WHOMSO

pron. the objective case of whoso

23. MAUGER

prep. (archaic) in spite of
Also: MALGRADO, MALGRE, MAUGRE, MAULGRE
Anagrams: MAUGRE, MURAGE
Note: MAUGRE and MAULGRE are used as verbs, and thus have verb forms.

February 19, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. ENAUNTER

conj. (obsolete) lest by chance

2. SUNBEAT

adj. continually exposed to the sun
Also: SUNBEATEN
Anagrams: BUTANES

3. BERGAMA

n. a type of rug
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: MEGABAR

4. BREGMA

n. (Greek) the point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull
Plural: BREGMATA, BREGMAS

5. MARGATE

n. a tropical fish
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: REGMATA

6. HOTSPUR

n. a rash, hotheaded man
Back hooks: S

7. DVANDVA

n. (Sanskrit) a compound word in which neither element is subordinated to the other, e.g. tragicomedy
Back hooks: S

8. SATYRAL

n. a heraldic monster compounded of man, lion and antelope
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: ASTYLAR

9. HOOLEY

n. (Irish) a boisterous party
Also: HOOLIE, HOOLY
Back hooks: S

10. BERSEEM

n. a Mediterranean clover, grown as a forage crop
Back hooks: S

11. BARRACE

n. (obsolete) the lists in a tournament
Back hooks: S

12. GALYAC

n. (Russian) a soft glossy fur from a stillborn lamb or kid
Also: GALYAK
Back hooks: S

February 18, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. PFENNIG

n. (German) a German coin
Also: PFENNING
Back hooks: E, S

2. ZENAIDA

n. a wild dove
Back hooks: S

3. NEMNING

v. NEMN, (obsolete) to name

4. DOPIAZA

n. an Indian dish, meat or fish in onion sauce
Back hooks: S

5. KOUMYS

n. (Russian) a beverage made from camel’s milk
Also: KOUMIS, KOUMISS, KOUMYSS, KUMIS, KUMISS, KUMYS
Plural: KOUMYSES
Back hooks: S

6. NOTAEUM

n. (Greek) the upper surface of a bird’s trunk
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: AUTOMEN, OUTNAME

7. MISTEUK

v. MISTAKE, to interpret wrongly
Anagrams: KUMITES

8. TURFSKI

n. a type of ski
Back hooks: S

9. TURKOIS

n. (archaic) turquoise
Plural: TURKOISES

10. COVERLID

n. a bed covering
Also: COVERLET
Back hooks: S

11. MAUVEIN

n. a mauve dye
Also: MAUVEINE, MAUVIN, MAUVINE
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: MAUVINE

12. ROMNEYA

n. a plant with large white flowers
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: ANYMORE

February 16, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. ABFARAD

n. a unit of capacitance, the ability to store an electric charge
Back hooks: S

2. KUFIYAH

n. (Arabic) an Arab headdress
Also: KAFFIYAH, KAFFIYEH, KEFFIYAH, KEFFIYEH
Back hooks: S

3. LABLAB

n. (Arabic) a tropical bean with edible pods
Back hooks: S

4. MANCALA

n. (Arabic) a variety of board games
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: ALMANAC

5. MUDEJAR

n. (Arabic) a Spanish moor
Plural: MUDEJARES
Anagrams: JUMARED

6. SALAAM

v. (Arabic) to make a salaam, a low bow
Verb forms: SALAAMED, SALAAMING, SALAAMS
Anagrams: MASALA

7. SHADUF

n. (Arabic) a machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation
Also: SHADOOF
Back hooks: S

8. TAHINI

n. (Arabic) a paste made of crushed sesame seeds
Also: TAHINA
Back hooks: S

9. ASHRAF

n. SHARIF, (Arabic) a descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima
Also: SHEREEF, SHERIF

10. AZIMUTH

n. (Arabic) the angle a celestial object makes from due north, when measured in an eastwards direction along the horizon
Back hooks: S

11. BABLAH

n. (Hindi) a species of acacia from which gum arabic is obtained
Also: BABOOL, BABUL
Back hooks: S

12. CABOB

n. (Arabic) cubes of meat cooked on a skewer
v. to skewer
Also: KEBAB, KEBOB, KABAB, KABOB
Verb forms: CABOBBED, CABOBBING, CABOBS
Anagrams: BOBAC

February 16, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. KLEPHT

n. (Modern Greek) a Greek brigand or guerrilla
Back hooks: S

2. IONIUM

n. a radioactive isotope of thorium
Back hooks: S

3. AOUDAD

n. a North African wild sheep
Also: AUDAD
Back hooks: S

4. EOTHEN

adv. (archaic) from the east

5. EIDENT

adj. (Scots) busy, diligent
Anagrams: ENDITE

6. WOOSELL

n. (Shakespeare) an ouzel
Also: OUSEL, OUZEL, WOOSEL
Back hooks: S

7. UMWELT

n. (German) environmental factors collectively, as affecting the behaviour of an animal or individual
Back hooks: S

8. EMEUTE

n. (French) a popular rising or uproar
Back hooks: S

9. SEXPERT

n. an expert in sexual behaviour
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: EXPERTS

10. REEXPEL

v. to expel again
Verb forms: REEXPELLED, REEXPELLING, REEXPELS

11. PRECIPE

n. (Latin) a writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it
Also: PRAECIPE
Back hooks: S

12. PRELUDI

n. PRELUDIO, (Italian) a prelude
Back hooks: O

February 15, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. VIEWSHED

n. the natural environment visible from a viewing point
Back hooks: S

2. OLDSQUAW

n. a kind of sea duck, aka hareld
Also: OLDWIFE
Back hooks: S

3. ZONETIME

n. standard time used at sea
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: MONETIZE

4. ALEWIFE

n. a woman who sells ale
Front hooks: K
Plural: ALEWIVES

5. NONBOOK

n. a book of little literary merit
Back hooks: S

6. NONOILY

adj. not oily

7. PRONOTA

n. PRONOTUM, a hard outer plate of an insect
Anagrams: PATROON

8. KERBSIDE

n. the side of a pavement bordered by a kerb
Also: CURBSIDE
Back hooks: S

9. TWISCAR

n. (Old Norse) a turf-spade
Also: TUSHKAR, TUSHKER, TUSKAR, TUSKER
Back hooks: S

10. PSIONIC

adj. relating to a psion, a hypothetical PSI particle
Back hooks: S

11. MYRRHOL

n. the volatile oil of myrrh
Back hooks: S

12. GWYNIAD

n. (Welsh) a fish of North Wales and northern Europe, aka powan, allied to the lake whitefish
Also: GWINIAD
Back hooks: S

February 14, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. AGAPAI

n. AGAPE, (Greek) a love feast practised by early Christians in connection with the Last Supper; Christian love

2. CIMIER

n. (French) the crest of a helmet; a removable heraldic device or favour of courtly love
Back hooks: S

3. EPERDU

adj. (French) desperately in love (of a male)
Back hooks: E
Anagrams: IPERDUE, PUERED, PUREED

4. LURVE

n. (slang) romantic love
Front hooks: S
Back hooks: S

5. VERTU

n. a love or taste for the fine arts
Also: VIRTU
Back hooks: E, S

6. KLOOCH

n. (Native American) a Native American woman, wife or squaw
Also: KLOOCHMAN, KLOOTCH, KLOOTCHMAN
Plural: KLOOCHES
Note: The word ‘squaw’ was removed in CSW21

7. HUSWIFE

n. a sewing kit
Also: HUSSIF
Plural: HUSWIFES, HUSWIVES

8. WITTOL

n. (archaic) a husband who accepts his wife’s infidelity
Back hooks: S

9. AGUNAH

n. (Hebrew) a woman whose husband has abandoned her but fails to provide an official divorce
Also: AGUNA
Plural: AGUNOT, AGUNOTH

10. CORNUTO

n. (Italian) a cuckold, the husband of an unfaithful wife
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: CONTOUR, CROUTON
See also: CORNUTE

11. KETUBAH

n. (Hebrew) a contract that states the obligations in Jewish marriages
Plural: KETUBAHS, KETUBOT, KETUBOTH

12. EXOGAMY

n. marriage outside a particular group
Plural: EXOGAMIES

13. ESPOUSE

v. to make a mutual promise of marriage
Verb forms: ESPOUSED, ESPOUSING, ESPOUSES
Front hooks: B
Back hooks: R
Anagrams: POSEUSE

14. SABICU

n. a Caribbean tree, aka horse-head mahogany
Back hooks: S

15. APERCU

n. (French) a glimpse; an intuitive insight
Back hooks: S

16. BABACU

n. (Tupi) a Brazilian palm tree
Also: BABASSU
Back hooks: S

February 13, 2022

• The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.2.0

1. BOTHAN

n. (Gaelic) a booth, a hut
Back hooks: S

2. PAYOLA

n. a secret payment or bribe to secure a favour, esp. to a disc-jockey
Back hooks: S

3. ORIXA

n. (Yoruba) any of the minor gods or spirits of traditional Yoruba religion
Also: ORISHA
Back hooks: T
Anagrams: IXORA

4. ORCHEL

n. a dye obtained from certain lichens
Also: ARCHIL, ORCHELLA, ORCHIL, ORCHILLA, ORSEILLE
Back hooks: S
Anagrams: CHOLER

5. WHOOPLA

n. a noisy commotion
Back hooks: S

6. BIRIANI

n. (Urdu) a spicy rice dish
Also: BIRIYANI, BIRYANI
Back hooks: S

7. VIDICON

n. a type of television camera tube
Back hooks: S

8. CUMSHAW

n. (Chinese) a present, gratuity; a bribe
Back hooks: S

9. ENMOVE

v. (Spenser) to affect emotionally
Also: EMOVE, EMMOVE
Verb forms: ENMOVED, ENMOVING, ENMOVES

10. SOOJEY

n. a solution of soap, soda etc. for cleaning the deck of a ship
Also: SOOGEE, SOOGIE, SUJEE
Back hooks: S

11. VIXENLY

adj. snarling

12. SUBFEU

v. to grant land to under Scottish feudal law
Verb forms: SUBFEUED, SUBFEUING, SUBFEUS