waif

waif is a 4-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.
2. noun. Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.
3. noun. A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
4. noun. a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned

   "street children beg or steal in order to survive"

Common word forms

waifs, waifed, waifing

Words from these letters

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