5 Letter Words Containing W

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ablow Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
adverb. In bloom; blossoming.
adawe Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
verb. To daunt or intimidate; to awe.
adawn Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
adverb. At dawn; in the early morning.
adown Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
adv.. From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground.
aflow Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
adv. & a.. Flowing.
aglow Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
adv. & a.. In a glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow.
ahwal Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
noun. Plural of hal; states or conditions, especially in Sufism.
aiwan Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
noun. A type of traditional Chinese porcelain or ceramic vessel, often used for tea.
aknow Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
Earlier form of Acknow.
alawi Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
noun. A member of a Shiite Muslim sect, especially in Syria.
allow Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
v. t.. To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
alowe Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
adverb. In a low position or manner; low.
alway Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
adv.. Always.
annwn Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
n.. (Welsh mythology) the other world; land of fairies
arawn Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. Celtic deity who was the lord of Annwfn (the other world or the land of fairies)
arrow Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.
askew Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
adv. & a.. Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.
aswan Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby
asway Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
adverb. In a swaying manner; swinging.
aswim Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
adjective. Swimming or floating; immersed in a liquid.
atwin Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
adverb. (obsolete) In two; apart; asunder.
aview Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
adverb. In view; within sight.
avows Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
verb. Third-person singular simple present of avow; declares or admits openly
awabi Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. A Japanese abalone (Haliotis) used as food
awacs Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. Airborne Warning and Control System; an aircraft with radar for surveillance and command
awaft Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
adjective. In a floating or wafting state; carried on the air.
await Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
v. t.. To watch for; to look out for.
awake Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
v. t.. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
award Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
v. t.. To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarde...
aware Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
a.. Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
awarn Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
v. t.. To warn.
awash Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
a.. Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves...
awave Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
adjective. Waving; in a waving motion.
aways Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
adverb. In or to a different place or direction; away.
awber Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. A type of yellowish-brown color; amber (obsolete).
aweek Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
adverb. For a week; during a week.
aweel Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
interjection. Well; indeed (Scottish).
awest Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
adjective. Filled with awe; awestruck.
aweto Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
noun. A New Zealand caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps robertsii) used in traditional Māori medicine.
awful Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
a.. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.
awhet Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
verb. To whet or sharpen (archaic).
awhir Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
adjective. In a whirl; whirling.
awide Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
adjective. Wide; broad (archaic).
awing Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
p. pr. & vb. n.. of Awe
awink Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
adjective. Winking; blinking.
awiwi Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
noun. A Hawaiian grass (Eragrostis variabilis).
awkly Scrabble 15 · WWF 15
adv.. In an unlucky (left-handed) or perverse manner.
awned Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
a.. Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.
awner Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
noun. A machine that removes awns from grain.
awoke Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
imp.. of Awake
awols Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
noun. Plural of AWOL; persons absent without leave.
awork Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
adv.. At work; in action.
balow Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
noun. A lullaby or a soothing song, similar to 'baloo'.
batwa Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. A member of a pygmy people of Central Africa, also known as Twa.
bawds Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
noun. Plural of bawd; procuresses or lewd women.
bawdy Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
a.. Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.
bawls Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
verb. Third person singular of bawl; cries or shouts loudly.
bedew Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
v. t.. To moisten with dew, or as with dew.
behew Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
verb. To cut or shape with an axe or similar tool; to hew.
below Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
prep.. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.
bepaw Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
verb. To handle or touch clumsily with the paws or hands.
besew Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
verb. to sew or stitch; to sew up.
bewet Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
imp. & p. p.. of Bewet
bewig Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
v. t.. To cover (the head) with a wig.
bewit Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.
bewry Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
verb. To twist or distort; to writhe.
blawn Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
verb. Past participle of blaw; blown.
blaws Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
verb. Third-person singular simple present of blaw; blows.
blown Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
p. p.. of Blow
blowy Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
a.. Windy; as, blowy weather; a blowy upland.
bowed Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
imp. & p. p.. of Bow
bowel Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.
bower Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
v. & n.. One who bows or bends.
bowet Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. A small bower or arbor (obsolete).
bowge Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
v. i.. To swell out. See Bouge.
bowie Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he d...
bowls Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n. pl.. See Bowl, a ball, a game.
bowly Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
adjective. Having the shape or characteristics of a bowl.
bowne Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
v. t.. To make ready; to prepare; to dress.
bowse Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
v. i.. To carouse; to bouse; to booze.
brawl Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
v. i.. To quarrel noisily and outrageously.
brawn Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. A muscle; flesh.
braws Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. Fine clothes or finery (Scottish).
brews Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
verb. Third person singular present of brew; makes beer or other beverages by steeping, boiling, and fermenting.
brown Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
superl.. Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.
bwana Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
noun. A term of respect in East Africa, meaning 'master' or 'boss'.
bylaw Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
n.. A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.
byway Scrabble 16 · WWF 15
n.. A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one.
cadew Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. Alt. of Cadeworm
cahow Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
noun. A rare nocturnal seabird (Pterodroma cahow) endemic to Bermuda, also called the Bermuda petrel.
carew Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. Englishman and Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639)
cawed Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
imp. & p. p.. of Caw
cawky Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
a.. Of or pertaining to cawk; like cawk.
cawny Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
noun. Variant spelling of cawney.
chawk Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
noun. A dialectal or archaic variant of 'chalk'.
chawl Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
noun. In India, a multi-story residential building, typically with small, basic apartments arranged around a central courtyard or corridor, often associated with w...
chaws Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
noun. Plural of chaw; a chew, especially a quid of tobacco.
chewa Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe
chews Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
verb. Third-person singular simple present of chew; bites and grinds with the teeth.
chewy Scrabble 16 · WWF 15
a.. (of a consistency) requiring chewing; "chewy caramels"
chowk Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
noun. In South Asia, a marketplace or public square.
chows Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
noun. Plural of chow; food or meals.
clawk Scrabble 14 · WWF 16
verb. To scratch or claw.
claws Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
noun. Plural of claw; sharp curved nails of animals.
clews Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. the cords used to suspend a hammock
clown Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
n.. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.
cohow Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
noun. A variant spelling of coho, a type of salmon.
cowal Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
noun. A type of Australian acacia tree, Acacia cowleana, with edible seeds.
cowan Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. One who works as a mason without having served a regular apprenticeship.
cowed Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
imp. & p. p.. of Cow
cower Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
v. i.. To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear.
cowls Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
noun. Plural of cowl; a hooded garment worn by monks.
cowry Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. A marine shell of the genus Cypraea.
crawl Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
v. i.. To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.
craws Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. Plural of craw; the crops of birds or similar pouches.
crews Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. Plural of crew; groups of people working together, especially on a ship, aircraft, or in a team.
crowd Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
v. t.. To push, to press, to shove.
crowl Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
verb. To crawl or move slowly and laboriously.
crown Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
of Crow
crows Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n. pl.. A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; -- also called Upsarokas.
crwth Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. See 4th Crowd.
dawah Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
n.. missionary work for Islam
dawdy Scrabble 13 · WWF 12
adjective. Shabby or untidy; slovenly.
dawed Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
verb. Past tense of 'daw' (to dawn or to become day).
dawen Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
verb. To dawn; to begin to grow light.
dawes Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799)
dawns Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
verb. Third person singular present of dawn.
dawny Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
adjective. Of or resembling dawn; early morning.
dawts Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
verb. Third person singular present of dawt.
delaw Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
verb. To dilute; to weaken by adding water.
devow Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
v. t.. To give up; to devote.
dewan Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
noun. A high-ranking official in South Asia, especially a finance minister or prime minister of a state.
dewar Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments
dewax Scrabble 16 · WWF 16
verb. To remove wax from something, especially in industrial processes.
dewed Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
imp. & p. p.. of Dew
dewer Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
noun. One who dews or moistens with dew; also a device for applying dew-like moisture.
dewey Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
n.. United States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952)
dhawa Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
n.. an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum
dhows Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
noun. Plural of dhow; traditional Arab sailing vessels with lateen sails.
diwan Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. a Muslim council chamber or law court
dowdy Scrabble 13 · WWF 12
superl.. Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking.
dowel Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep...
dower Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
dowie Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
adjective. Scottish and Northern English: dull, sad, or melancholy.
dowly Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
adjective. Dowie; sad, gloomy, or dull.
downs Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
noun. Open rolling upland areas, especially grassy chalk hills.
downy Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
a.. Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs.
dowry Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
n.. A gift; endowment.
dowse Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
v. t.. To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
dowve Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. A dove.
drawl Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. t.. To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.
drawn Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
p. p.. of Draw
draws Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative of draw; pulls, drags, or attracts.
drown Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. i.. To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
dwale Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
a.. The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities.
dwalm Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
noun. A swoon, fainting fit, or sudden illness.
dwang Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them.
dwarf Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.
dweeb Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
dwell Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
v. i.. To delay; to linger.
dwelt Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
of Dwell
dwine Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. i.. To waste away; to pine; to languish.
edwin Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633)
elbow Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
embow Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
v. t.. To bend like a bow; to curve.
emmew Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
v. t.. To mew or coop up.
endow Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. t.. To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish w...
enmew Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
v. t.. See Emmew.
ennew Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
v. t.. To make new.
enows Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
verb. Third-person singular simple present of enow; suffices (archaic).
enweb Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
verb. To cover or entangle as with a web.
etwas Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
pronoun. Something; a German word used in English contexts.
etwee Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. See Etui.
ewder Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
noun. A person who works with ewes or sheep (obsolete).
ewers Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
noun. Plural of ewer; wide-mouthed pitchers or jugs for water.
ewery Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. Alt. of Ewry
ewest Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
adjective. Most eastern; easternmost (archaic).
ewhow Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
interjection. An expression of disgust or aversion, similar to 'ew' but with a drawn-out or exaggerated sound.
ewing Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
noun. The act of a ewe giving birth.
expwy Scrabble 20 · WWF 20
noun. Abbreviation of expressway; a major divided highway.
fanwe Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
noun. A type of woven fabric or textile.
fatwa Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority
fawns Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
verb. Third-person singular simple present of fawn; shows affection or flattery.
fawny Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
adjective. Of a light brown or yellowish-brown colour, like a fawn.
fewer Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of; "fewer birds came this year"; "the birds are fewer this year"; "fewer tr...
finew Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. Moldiness.
flawn Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
n.. A sort of flat custard or pie.
flaws Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
noun. Plural of flaw; defects or imperfections.
flawy Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
a.. Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty.
flews Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n. pl.. The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also chaps. See Illust. of Bloodhound.
flowk Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
n.. See 1st Fluke.
flown Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
p. p. of Fly; -- often used with the auxiliary verb to be; as, the birds are flown.
flows Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
noun. Plural of flow; movements or streams of liquid, gas, or electricity.
fowls Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
pl.. of Fowl
frawn Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
verb. Past participle of frown; to have frowned.
frowl Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
verb. To frown or scowl.
frown Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
v. i.. To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look.
frowy Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
a.. Musty. rancid; as, frowy butter.
fulwa Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
noun. A type of African tree (possibly a variant of fulwa tree).
gamow Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
n.. United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for...
gawby Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. A baby; a dunce.
gawks Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative of gawk; stares openly and stupidly.
gawky Scrabble 16 · WWF 16
superl.. Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk.
gawsy Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
adjective. (dialectal) Plump, jolly, or cheerful in appearance.
glows Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
verb. Third-person singular present of glow; emits light or heat without flame.
gnawn Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
adjective. Worn or eroded by gnawing.
gnaws Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
verb. Third person singular present of gnaw; bites or chews persistently.
gowan Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. The daisy, or mountain daisy.
gowks Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
noun. Plural of gowk; cuckoos or foolish people.
gowns Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
noun. Plural of gown; long loose garments worn for formal or ceremonial occasions.
grewt Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
noun. A variant spelling of 'groat' (an old English coin) or 'great' (obsolete).
growl Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
v. i.. To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
grown Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
p. p.. of Grow
gweed Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. A small, insignificant thing or amount; a trifle.
gwely Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
noun. A traditional Welsh bed, typically a wooden box bed with doors.
gwine Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
verb. Dialectal or archaic form of 'going', used in some English dialects.
gwynn Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
n.. English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687)
halwa Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
noun. Variant spelling of halva; a sweet confection.
halwe Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. A saint.
hawed Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
imp. & p. p.. of Haw
hawer Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
noun. One who hawks or clears the throat; also a person who sells goods by calling out.
hawks Scrabble 15 · WWF 14
noun. Plural of hawk; birds of prey with sharp talons and keen eyesight.
hawky Scrabble 18 · WWF 16
adjective. Having characteristics of a hawk; hawk-like.
hawse Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. A hawse hole.
hewed Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
imp.. of Hew
hewer Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. One who hews.
howdy Scrabble 15 · WWF 13
n.. A midwife.
howea Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
noun. A genus of palms, including the kentia palm (Howea forsteriana).
howel Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering rheir work, especially the inside of casks.
howes Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
noun. Plural of howe; hollows or valleys (chiefly Scottish).
howff Scrabble 17 · WWF 16
noun. A favorite meeting place, hangout, or haunt, often a pub or tavern.
howfs Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of howf.
howks Scrabble 15 · WWF 14
verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of howk.
howls Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
noun. Plural of howl; long, loud, mournful cries.
howso Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
adv.. Howsoever.
hwyls Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
noun. Plural of hwyl; instances of emotional fervor or enthusiasm.
immew Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
v. t.. See Emmew.
indew Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. t.. To indue.
indow Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. t.. See Endow.
inlaw Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
v. t.. To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the law.
inmew Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
v. t.. To inclose, as in a mew or cage.
inwit Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. Inward sense; mind; understanding; conscience.
iowan Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. a native or resident of Iowa
ioway Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa
irwin Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
noun. A male given name; also a surname.
isawa Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
noun. A type of Japanese rice wine or sake, often used as a brand name.
jawan Scrabble 15 · WWF 18
n.. (India) a private soldier or male constable
jawed Scrabble 16 · WWF 18
imp. & p. p.. of Jaw
jewel Scrabble 15 · WWF 18
n.. An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.
jewry Scrabble 18 · WWF 19
n.. Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter.
jowly Scrabble 18 · WWF 20
a.. having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw
kiowa Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. the Tanoan language spoken by the Kiowa
knawe Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers
known Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
p. p.. of Know
kotow Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degrees in th...
kweek Scrabble 16 · WWF 16
n.. trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
kwela Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments
kwell Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
n.. a preparation of lindane (trade name Kwell) that is used to kill lice and itch mites; available in cream or shampoo
lawny Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
a.. Having a lawn; characterized by a lawn or by lawns; like a lawn.
lewis Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. Alt. of Lewisson
loewe Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. United States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987)
loewi Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a...
lowan Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds
lowed Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
imp. & p. p.. of Low
lower Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
a.. Compar. of Low, a.
lowly Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
a.. Not high; not elevated in place; low.
lowry Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.
macaw Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
n.. Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong h...
mawks Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. A slattern; a mawk.
mawky Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
a.. Maggoty.
menow Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. A minnow.
mewed Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
imp. & p. p.. of Mew
miaow Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
minow Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. See Minnow.
miwok Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. a Penutian language spoken by the Miwok
mowed Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
imp.. of Mow
mower Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. One who, or that which, mows; a mowing machine; as, a lawn mower.
mulwi Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
n.. a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
mwera Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. a Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania
navew Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
n.. A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica.
nawab Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.
newel Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. A novelty; a new thing.
newly Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
adv.. Lately; recently.
newsy Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. Full of news; abounding in information as to current events.
ngwee Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha in Zambia
nohow Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
adv.. in no manner; in no way; "We could nohow make out his handwriting"
noway Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
adv.. Alt. of Noways
nowch Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
n.. See Nouch.
nowed Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
a.. Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent.
nowel Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth of the Savior.
owens Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)
owing Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
p. pr. & vb. n.. of Owe
owler Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
v. i.. One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. See Owling, n.
owlet Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A small owl; especially, the European species (Athene noctua), and the California flammulated owlet (Megascops flammeolus).
owned Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
imp. & p. p.. of Own
owner Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not.
owser Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. Tanner's ooze. See Ooze, 3.
oxbow Scrabble 17 · WWF 18
n.. A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; als...
ozawa Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
n.. United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935)
papaw Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
n.. A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuf...
pawed Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
imp. & p. p.. of Paw
pawer Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. a person who handles or caresses in a clumsy or overfamiliar manner
pawky Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
a.. Arch; cunning; sly.
pelew Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean
pewee Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and phoebe.
pewit Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. The lapwing.
pilaw Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes
powan Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. Alt. of Powen
power Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. Same as Poor, the fish.
powys Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. British writer of novels about nature; one of three literary brothers (1872-1963)
prawn Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antennae. They mostly belong to the genera Pandalus, Palaemon, Palaemo...
prowl Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
v. t.. To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty.
pshaw Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
interj.. Pish! pooch! -- an exclamation used as an expression of contempt, disdain, dislike, etc.
rawly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
adv.. In a raw manner; unskillfully; without experience.
renew Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
v. t.. To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re/stablish; to recreate; to rebuild.
resaw Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
v. t.. To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc.
resew Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
v.. sew again; "The cuff of the coat had been resewn"
resow Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
v. t.. To sow again.
rewet Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. A gunlock.
rewin Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
v. t.. To win again, or win back.
rowan Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. Rowan tree.
rowdy Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
n.. One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow.
rowed Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
imp. & p. p.. of Row
rowel Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points.
rowen Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A stubble field left unplowed till late in the autumn, that it may be cropped by cattle.
rower Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. One who rows with an oar.
sawan Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. the fifth month of the Hindu calendar
sawed Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
imp.. of Saw
sawer Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. One who saws; a sawyer.
schwa Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables
scowl Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
v. i.. To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
scraw Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. A turf.
screw Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a c...
scrow Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. A scroll.
serow Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. Alt. of Surrow
sewed Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
imp.. of Sew
sewen Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. Cambricus) of the salmon trout.
sewer Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. One who sews, or stitches.
sewin Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. Same as Sewen.
shawl Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders.
shawm Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form.
shawn Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)
shewn Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
p. p. of Shew.
shown Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
p. p.. of Show
showy Scrabble 14 · WWF 12
a.. Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy.
shrew Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
a.. Wicked; malicious.
sinew Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.
siwan Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June)
slews Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
slows Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. Milk sickness.
snowl Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. The hooded merganser.
snowy Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. White like snow.
sowar Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. In India, a mounted soldier.
sowed Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
imp.. of Sow
sower Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. One who, or that which, sows.
sowle Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
v. t.. To pull by the ears; to drag about.
sowse Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n. & v.. See Souse.
spawl Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall.
spawn Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
v. t.. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
spewy Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
a.. Wet; soggy; inclined to spew.
sprew Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. Thrush.
squaw Scrabble 17 · WWF 18
n.. A female; a woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup.
stowe Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)
straw Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
v. t.. To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.
strew Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
v. t.. To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed...
strow Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
v. t.. Same as Strew.
swage Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. t. & i.. See Assuage.
swain Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A servant.
swale Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen.
swami Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect
swamp Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
n.. Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.
swang Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
imp. of Swing.
swank Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
imp.. of Swink
swape Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. See Sweep, n., 12.
sward Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. Skin; covering.
sware Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
imp. of Swear.
swarf Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
v. i.. To grow languid; to faint.
swarm Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
v. i.. To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin.
swart Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. Sward.
swash Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
v. t.. An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
swath Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
v. t.. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.
swazi Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
n.. a Bantu language closely related to Zulu
sweal Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
v. i.. To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame.
swear Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
v. i.. To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also, to aff...
sweat Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
imp. & p. p.. of Sweat
swede Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. A native or inhabitant of Sweden.
sweep Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
v. i.. To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a fl...
sweet Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
superl.. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
swell Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
v. i.. To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell...
swelt Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
imp. of Swell.
swept Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
imp. & p. p.. of Sweep
swerd Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n. & v.. See Sward, n. & v.
swift Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
v. i.. Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt.
swill Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
v. t.. To wash; to drench.
swine Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as la...
swing Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
v. i.. To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.
swink Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
v. i.. To labor; to toil; to salve.
swipe Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. A swape or sweep. See Sweep.
swirl Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
swish Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
v. t.. To flourish, so as to make the sound swish.
swiss Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.sing. & pl.. A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Switzer; the people of Switzerland.
swive Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
v. t.. To copulate with (a woman).
swoln Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
Contraction of Swollen, p. p.
swonk Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
of Swink
swoon Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
v. i.. To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away.
swoop Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.
sword Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, s...
swore Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
imp.. of Swear
sworn Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
p. p.. of Swear
swosh Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
v.. move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"
swung Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
imp. & p. p.. of Swing
tawed Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
imp. & p. p.. of Taw
tawer Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. One who taws; a dresser of white leather.
tawny Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion.
tawse Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. a leather strap for punishing children
tewed Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
imp. & p. p.. of Tew
tewel Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A pipe, funnel, or chimney, as for smoke.
thawy Scrabble 14 · WWF 12
a.. Liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting.
thewy Scrabble 14 · WWF 12
a.. Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.
thraw Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n. & v.. See Throse.
threw Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
imp. of Throw.
throw Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
towed Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
imp. & p. p.. of Tow
towel Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath.
tower Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.
towny Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. resident of a college town not affiliated with the college
trawl Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
v. t.. To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
trews Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n. pl.. Trowsers; especially, those of the Scotch Highlanders.
twain Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
a. & n.. Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.
twang Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. A tang. See Tang a state.
twank Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
v. t.. To cause to make a sharp twanging sound; to twang, or twangle.
tweag Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. t.. To tweak.
tweak Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
v. t.. To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose.
tweed Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. A soft and flexible fabric for men's wear, made wholly of wool except in some inferior kinds, the wool being dyed, usually in two colors, before weaving.
tweel Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n. & v.. See Twill.
tween Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
adv.. in between; "two houses with a tree between"
tweer Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. Same as Tuyere.
tweet Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. a weak chirping sound as of a small bird
twerp Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. someone who is regarded as contemptible
twice Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
adv.. Two times; once and again.
twill Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
v. i.. To weave, as cloth, so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.
twilt Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A quilt.
twine Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A twist; a convolution.
twink Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
v. i.. To twinkle.
twins Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. the third sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20
twire Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. A twisted filament; a thread.
twirl Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
v. t.. To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
twirp Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. someone who is regarded as contemptible
twist Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
v. t.. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
twite Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. The European tree sparrow.
twixt Scrabble 15 · WWF 15
An abbreviation of Betwixt, used in poetry, or in colloquial language.
unbow Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
v. t.. To unbend.
unlaw Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
v. t.. To deprive of the authority or character of law.
unmew Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
v. t.. To release from confinement or restraint.
unsew Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
v. t.. To undo, as something sewn, or something inclosed by sewing; to rip apart; to take out the stitches of.
unwed Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
a.. of someone who has not been married; "unwed mother"
unwit Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
v. t.. To deprive of wit.
viewy Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
a.. Having peculiar views; fanciful; visionary; unpractical; as, a viewy person.
volow Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
v. t.. To baptize; -- used in contempt by the Reformers.
vowed Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
imp. & p. p.. of Vow
vowel Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
n.. A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its dist...
vower Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. One who makes a vow.
wacke Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. Alt. of Wacky
wacko Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
wacky Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
n.. A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.
waded Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
imp. & p. p.. of Wad
wader Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. One who, or that which, wades.
wafer Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.
waged Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
imp. & p. p.. of Wage
wager Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. t.. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
wages Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2.
wagon Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise.
wahoo Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide
waist Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips.
waite Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816-1888)
waive Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
v. t.. A waif; a castaway.
wajda Scrabble 16 · WWF 18
n.. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929)
waked Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
imp. & p. p.. of Wake
waken Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
v. i.. To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
waker Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. One who wakes.
wales Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
wally Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid
walty Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship.
waltz Scrabble 17 · WWF 18
n.. A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance.
wandy Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
a.. Long and flexible, like a wand.
waned Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
imp. & p. p.. of Wane
waney Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring. See Wany, a.
wanly Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
adv.. In a wan, or pale, manner.
wanty Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of a beast; also, a leather tie; a short wagon rope.
wanze Scrabble 17 · WWF 18
v. i.. To wane; to wither.
wards Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
v. i.. Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.
wares Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n. pl.. See 4th Ware.
warji Scrabble 15 · WWF 17
n.. a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
warly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. Warlike.
warty Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
a.. Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a warty leaf.
washy Scrabble 14 · WWF 12
a.. Watery; damp; soft.
waste Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
a.. Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
watch Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
v. i.. The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive...
water Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.
watts Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. English poet and theologian (1674-1748)
waugh Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. English author of satirical novels (1903-1966)
waved Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
imp. & p. p.. of Wave
waver Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
v. i.. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
wavey Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
n.. The snow goose.
waxed Scrabble 16 · WWF 16
imp.. of Wax
waxen Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
of Wax
wayne Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. American general during the American Revolution (1745-1796)
weald Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place names.
weary Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
superl.. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.
weave Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
v. t.. To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence, to unit...
webby Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
a.. Of or pertaining to a web or webs; like a web; filled or covered with webs.
weber Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of current. See Coulomb, and Amp/re.
wedel Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v.. ski, alternating directions
wedge Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy b...
wedgy Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
a.. Like a wedge; wedge-shaped.
weeds Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
weedy Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
superl.. Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds.
weeny Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. (used informally) very small; "a wee tot"
weepy Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
a.. liable to weep easily
weigh Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.
weill Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. German composer; collaborated with Bertolt Brecht (1900-1950)
weird Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction.
weism Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. Same as Wegotism.
wekau Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. A small New Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground.
welch Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
a.. See Welsh.
wells Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and sc...
welsh Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. Of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants.
welty Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. United States writer about rural southern life (1909-2001)
wench Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
n.. A young woman; a girl; a maiden.
wende Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
imp. of Wene.
wends Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n. pl.. A Slavic tribe which once occupied the northern and eastern parts of Germany, of which a small remnant exists.
wenny Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
a.. Having the nature of a wen; resembling a wen; as, a wennish excrescence.
weser Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. a river in northwestern Germany that flows northward to the North Sea near Bremerhaven
westy Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
a.. Dizzy; giddy.
whack Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
v. t.. To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks.
whale Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefl...
whame Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. A breeze fly.
whang Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. A leather thong.
wharf Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
n.. A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending...
wharl Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. Alt. of Wharling
wharp Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. A kind of fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder.
whaup Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
n.. See Whaap.
wheal Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. A pustule; a whelk.
wheat Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race.
wheel Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in w...
wheen Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. A quantity; a goodly number.
wheft Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
n.. See Waft, n., 4.
whelk Scrabble 15 · WWF 15
n.. Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum, common on the coasts both of Europ...
whelm Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
v. t.. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
whelp Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
n.. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.
where Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
pron. & conj.. Whether.
which Scrabble 16 · WWF 15
a.. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
whiff Scrabble 17 · WWF 16
n.. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.
while Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent.
whilk Scrabble 15 · WWF 15
n.. A kind of mollusk, a whelk.
whine Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
v. i.. To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal ton...
whiny Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
a.. habitually complaining; "a whiny child"
whipt Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
imp. & p. p.. Whipped.
whirl Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
v. t.. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.
whirr Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings"; "the whir of the propellers"
whish Scrabble 14 · WWF 12
v.. move with a whishing sound; "The car whished past her"
whisk Scrabble 15 · WWF 14
n.. A game at cards; whist.
whisp Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. See Wisp.
whist Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
interj.. Be silent; be still; hush; silence.
white Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
superl.. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy...
whizz Scrabble 29 · WWF 28
n.. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
whole Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; t...
whomp Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
v.. beat overwhelmingly
whoof Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
noun. A short, sharp bark or growl, especially of a dog.
whoop Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. The hoopoe.
whoot Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
v. i.. To hoot.
whore Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.
whorl Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n. & v.. A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
whort Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. The whortleberry, or bilberry. See Whortleberry (a).
whose Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
pron.. The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which.
whoso Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
pron.. Whosoever.
wicca Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
n.. the polytheistic nature religion of modern witchcraft whose central deity is a mother goddess; claims origins in pre-Christian pagan religions of western Europe
widdy Scrabble 13 · WWF 12
n.. A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch.
widen Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. t.. To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.
widow Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.
width Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
n.. The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.
wield Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. t.. To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess.
wigan Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wiga...
wight Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. Weight.
wilde Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. Irish writer and wit (1854-1900)
willy Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. A large wicker basket.
wilno Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. the capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania
wimpy Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
a.. weak and ineffectual
wince Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
v. i.. To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.
winch Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
v. i.. To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.
windy Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
superl.. Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind.
winey Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. having the taste of wine; "a rich winy taste"
wings Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. a means of flight or ascent; "necessity lends wings to inspiration"
wingy Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
a.. Having wings; rapid.
winze Scrabble 17 · WWF 18
n.. A small shaft sunk from one level to another, as for the purpose of ventilation.
wiped Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
imp. & p. p.. of Wipe
wiper Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. One who, or that which, wipes.
wired Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
imp. & p. p.. of Wire
wirer Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. a worker who installs and repairs electric wiring
wispy Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
a.. lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a build...
wisse Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
a.. To show; to teach; to inform; to guide; to direct.
wiste Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
imp.. of Wit
witch Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.
witen Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
pl. pres. of Wit.
withe Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.
withy Scrabble 14 · WWF 12
n.. The osier willow (Salix viminalis). See Osier, n. (a).
witty Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning.
wived Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
imp. & p. p.. of Wive
wiver Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. Alt. of Wivern
wives Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
pl.. of Wife
wizen Scrabble 17 · WWF 18
v. i.. To wither; to dry.
woald Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. See Weld.
wodan Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. chief god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Teutonic Wotan
woden Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin.
woful Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
a.. Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.
wolfe Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. United States writer best known for his autobiographical novels (1900-1938)
wolff Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. German anatomist (1733-1794)
wolof Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. the West African language of the Wolof in Senegal; related to Fula
woman Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.
womby Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
a.. Capacious.
women Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
pl.. of Bedeswoman
wonky Scrabble 15 · WWF 15
a.. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stand...
woods Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
woody Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
a.. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land.
wooed Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
imp. & p. p.. of Woo
wooer Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
v. t.. One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor.
woofy Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
a.. Having a close texture; dense; as, a woofy cloud.
woold Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
v. t.. To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mast or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has been fished or scarfed, in order...
woolf Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941)
wooly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
a.. covered with dense often matted or curly hairs; "woolly lambs"
woosh Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
v.. move with a sibilant sound; "He whooshed the doors open"
wootz Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
n.. A species of steel imported from the East Indies, valued for making edge tools; Indian steel. It has in combination a minute portion of alumina and silica.
woozy Scrabble 20 · WWF 19
a.. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "fe...
words Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. language that is spoken or written; "he has a gift for words"; "she put her thoughts into words"
wordy Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
superl.. Of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal; as, a wordy war.
works Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. performance of moral or religious acts; "salvation by deeds"; "the reward for good works"
world Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.
wormy Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
superl.. Containing a worm; abounding with worms.
worry Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
v. t.. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
worse Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
compar.. Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; -- used both in a physical and moral...
worst Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
a.. Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.
worth Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
v. i.. To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nou...
wotan Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. supreme Teutonic god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Anglo-Saxon Woden
would Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
imp.. of Will
wound Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
imp. & p. p.. of Wind
woven Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
p. p.. of Weave
wrack Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
wrapt Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
of Wrap
wrath Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
a.. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.
wrawl Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
v. i.. To cry, as a cat; to waul.
wreak Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
v. i.. To reck; to care.
wreck Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
v. t. & n.. See 2d & 3d Wreak.
wrest Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
v. t.. To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.
wrick Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
wried Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
imp. & p. p.. of Wry
wring Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
v. t.. To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
wrist Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus.
write Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
v. t.. To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters call...
wrong Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
imp. of Wring. Wrung.
wroot Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
imp. of Write. Wrote.
wrote Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
imp.. of Write
wroth Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
a.. Full of wrath; angry; incensed; much exasperated; wrathful.
wrung Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
imp. & p. p.. of Wring
wryly Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
adv.. in a wry manner; "`I see,' he commented wryly"
wuhan Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. a city of central China on the Chang Jiang; the commercial and industrial center of central China
wyatt Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542)
wyeth Scrabble 14 · WWF 12
n.. United States painter (born in 1917)
wyler Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. United States filmmaker (1902-1981)
wylie Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. United States poet (1885-1928)
yahwe Scrabble 14 · WWF 12
n.. a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH
yawed Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
imp. & p. p.. of Yaw
zweig Scrabble 18 · WWF 19
n.. Austrian writer (1881-1942)

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