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

Daily Scrabble Words 30

June 10, 2021

  • Today’s words are from Tagalog, and/or have definitions involving the Philippines.
  • The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.1.1.

1. TIMARAU

n. (Tagalog) a small buffalo of the Philippines
Also: TAMARAU, TAMARAO
Back hooks: S

2. TAGUAN

n. (Tagalog) a giant flying squirrel of SE Asia
Back hooks: S

3. LUMBANG

n. (Tagalog) the candlenut tree
Back hooks: S

4. LAUAN

n. (Tagalog) a lightweight hardwood timber produced by various Philippine treesctrode between anode and cathode
Back hooks: S

5. BUNTAL

n. (Tagalog) the straw of the talipot palm
Anagrams: TULBAN
Back hooks: S

6. ABAKA

n. (Tagalog) the Manila-hemp plant, or its fiber
Also: ABACA
Front hooks: K
Back hooks: S

7. BARONG

n. a broad-bladed Philippine knife
Anagrams: BROGAN
Back hooks: S

8. SENTIMO

n. a monetary unit of the Philippines
Anagrams: MESTINO, MOISTEN, MONTIES
Back hooks: S

Daily Scrabble Words 29

June 9, 2021

  • Today’s words all start with DY.
  • The definitions below were obtained from Collins Zyzzyva 5.1.1.

1. DYBBUK

n. (Yiddish) a wandering soul in Jewish folklore
Also: DIBBUK
Plural: DYBBUKS, DYBBUKIM, DYBBUKKIM

2. DYKON

n. (offensive) a celebrity, often a woman, who is much admired by lesbians
Back hooks: S

3. DYNEIN

n. an enzyme involved in cell movement
Back hooks: S

4. DYNODE

n. an intermediate electrode between anode and cathode
Back hooks: S

5. DYSURY

n. pain in passing urine
Also: DYSURIA
Plural: DYSURIES

6. DYVOUR

n. (Scots) a bankrupt
Back hooks: S, Y

7. DYABLE

adj. that can be dyed
Also: DYEABLE
Anagrams: BELADY