scavenger

scavenger is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. verb. A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health.
2. noun. any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
3. noun. someone who collects things that have been discarded by others

   Synonyms: magpie

4. noun. a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities

Synonyms

magpie

Common word forms

scavengers

Words from these letters

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