WOW24 Scrabble words whose most recent Wiktionary etymology is Anglo-Norman, according to kaikki.org data.
248 entries
| WORD | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| PAT | [v. PATTED, PATTING, PATS] · to touch lightly / ----- [a. PATTER°, PATTEST] · known thoroughly (=pattest) |
| VIS | [n. VIRES] · force or power |
| WAR | [v. WARRED, WARRING, WARS] · to engage in war |
| BAGS | < BAG, [v. BAGGED, BAGGING°, BAGS] · to put into a bag |
| BALM | [n. -S] · a fragrant resin - BALMLIKE [a.] |
| BEVY | [n. BEVIES] · a group |
| BLAT | [v. BLATTED, BLATTING, BLATS] · to bleat / [x] { blat blate bleat bleating § bleats § blat blate blats blatted blatting bleat bleated bleating bleats } |
| EWER | [n. -S] · a large pitcher |
| FIRE | [v. FIRED, FIRING°, FIRES] · to project by discharging from a gun - FIREABLE [a.] |
| FORK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to work with a fork - FORKEDLY [b.] |
| IDES | [n. IDES] · a certain day in the ancient Roman calendar |
| LEVY | [v. LEVIED, LEVYING, LEVIES] · to impose or collect by legal authority |
| NAVY | [n. -VIES] · a nation's warships |
| NEIF | [n. -S] · nieve «the fist or hand» / [x] { neif nieve § neifs nieves } |
| OBIT | [n. -S] · an obituary |
| OUST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to expel or remove from a position or place |
| OYER | [n. -S] · a type of legal writ |
| PLAT | [v. PLATTED, PLATTING, PLATS] · to plait / [x] { plait plat platting pleat § plaits plats pleats § plait plaited plaiting plaits plat plats platted platting pleat pleated pleating pleats § plat pleated § plat } |
| POOR | [a. POORER, POOREST] · lacking the means of support |
| PORK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to eat ravenously (=porked porking) |
| PRAY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to address prayers to |
| PREY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to seize and devour animals for food |
| RAPE | [v. RAPED, RAPING, RAPES] · to force to submit to sexual intercourse |
| RUSH | [v. -ED, -ING°, -ES] · to move swiftly |
| TROY | [n. TROYS] · a system of weights |
| VAIL | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to lower |
| VEIL | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to provide with a veil / [x] { veil veiling § veilings veils § veil veiled veiling veils § veiled } |
| VILL | [n. -S] · a village / [x] { will would § wills § vill weel will willed willing wills wilt would wouldest wouldst § willable willed § would } |
| ARSON | [n. -S] · the malicious or fraudulent burning of property - ARSONOUS [a.] |
| BACON | [n. -S] · a side of a pig cured and smoked |
| BLANK | [a. BLANKER, BLANKEST] · empty / ----- [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to delete |
| BUGLE | [v. -GLED, -GLING, -GLES] · to play a bugle |
| CRUST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to form a crust |
| DEUCE | [v. DEUCED, DEUCING, DEUCES] · to bring a tennis score to a tie |
| DOILY | [n. -LIES] · a small napkin / [x] { doily doyley doyly § doilies doyleys doylies } |
| DOYLY | [n. -LIES] · doily / [x] { doily doyley doyly § doilies doyleys doylies } |
| DRESS | [v. DRESSED or DREST, DRESSING°, DRESSES] · to put clothes on |
| EGRET | [n. -S] · a wading bird |
| ESTOP | [v. -TOPPED, -TOPPING, -TOPS] · to impede by estoppel |
| GAUGE | [v. GAUGED, GAUGING, GAUGES] · to measure precisely |
| LAITY | [n. -ITIES] · the nonclerical membership of a religious faith |
| MESNE | [n. -S] · a feudal lord holding land from a superior |
| MOTTE | [n. -S] · a small growth of trees on a prairie / [x] { motte § mott mottes motts } |
| NONES | < NONE, [n. -S] · one of seven canonical daily periods for prayer and devotion |
| OVERT | [a.] · open to view |
| QUITE | [b.] · to the fullest extent |
| SEWER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to clean or maintain sewers |
| TIGER | [n. -S] · a large feline mammal / [x] { tiger tigereye § tigereyes tigers } |
| TROVE | [n. -S] · a valuable discovery |
| UNITY | [n. -TIES] · the state of being one single entity / [x] { oneness unity § onenesses unities } |
| USAGE | [n. -S] · a firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure / [x] { usage usance usaunce § usages usances usaunces } |
| VERGE | [v. VERGED, VERGING, VERGES] · to come near |
| VIAND | [n. -S] · an article of food |
| WASTE | [v. WASTED, WASTING, WASTES] · to use thoughtlessly |
| ABATOR | [n. -S] · one that unlawfully seizes an inheritance |
| BEAUTY | [n. -TIES] · one that is lovely |
| BILLET | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to lodge soldiers |
| BREVET | [v. -VETED or -VETTED, -VETING or -VETTING, -VETS] · to confer an honorary rank upon |
| CANVAS | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to canvass / [x] { canvas canvasing canvass canvassing § canvases canvasses § canvas canvased canvases canvasing canvass canvassed canvasses canvassing } |
| CASTLE | [v. -TLED, -TLING°, -TLES] · to make a certain move in chess |
| CAUSEY | [n. -SEYS] · a paved road |
| DANGER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to endanger / [x] { danger endangering § dangers § danger dangered dangering dangers endanger endangered endangering endangers § endangered } |
| DOYLEY | [n. -LEYS] · doily / [x] { doily doyley doyly § doilies doyleys doylies } |
| ESCAPE | [v. -CAPED, -CAPING, -CAPES] · to get away / [x] { escape escaping scape § escapes scapes § escape escaped escapes escaping scape scaped scapes scaping § escaped } |
| GOVERN | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to rule or direct |
| LACHES | [n. LACHES or -ES] · undue delay in asserting a legal right (=lacheses) |
| LEALTY | [n. -TIES] · loyalty / [x] { lealty loyalism loyalty § lealties loyalisms loyalties } |
| LESSEE | [n. -S] · one to whom a lease is granted |
| MANGLE | [v. -GLED, -GLING, -GLES] · to cut, slash, or crush so as to disfigure |
| MARBLE | [v. -BLED, -BLING°, -BLES] · to give a mottled appearance to / [x] { marble § marbles § marbelize marbelized marbelizes marbelizing marble marbled marbleise marbleised marbleises marbleising marbleize marbleized marbleizes marbleizing marbles marbling § marble marbled } |
| MOLINE | [a.] · having arms forked and curved at the ends -- used of a heraldic cross |
| MURAGE | [n. -S] · a tax levied for repairing the walls of a town |
| NONAGE | [n. -S] · a period of immaturity |
| ORFRAY | [n. -FRAYS] · orphrey «an ornamental band or border» / [x] { orfray orphrey § orfrays orphreys } |
| OUSTER | [n. -S] · the act of ousting |
| PARSON | [n. -S] · a clergyman - PARSONIC [a.] |
| PATENT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to obtain a patent on |
| PENCEL | [n. -S] · a small flag / [x] { pencel pensil § pencels pensils } |
| PENCIL | [v. -CILED or -CILLED, -CILING° or -CILLING°, -CILS] · to produce by using a pencil / [x] { pencil penciling pencilling § pencilings pencillings pencils § pencil penciled penciling pencilled pencilling pencils § penciled pencilled } |
| PENSIL | [n. -S] · pencel «a small flag» / [x] { pencel pensil § pencels pensils } |
| PERRON | [n. -S] · an outdoor stairway |
| PLEACH | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to weave together / [x] { plash plashing pleach pleaching § plashes pleaches § plash plashed plashes plashing pleach pleached pleaches pleaching § plashed pleached § plash } |
| PRIMER | [n. -S] · a book that covers the basics of a subject |
| PRIORY | [n. -RIES] · a religious house |
| PUMICE | [v. -ICED, -ICING, -ICES] · to polish with a porous volcanic rock |
| PUNISH | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to impose a penalty on in requital for wrongdoing |
| QUEASY | [a. -SIER, -SIEST] · easily nauseated - QUEASILY [b.] / [x] { queasier queasiest queasy queazier queaziest queazy § queasily } |
| QUEAZY | [a. -ZIER, -ZIEST] · queasy / [x] { queasier queasiest queasy queazier queaziest queazy § queasily } |
| RAVISH | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to seize and carry off by force |
| REPASS | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to pass again + |
| REPAST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to eat or feast |
| REPEAL | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to revoke |
| RESIGN | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to give up one's office or position |
| RESUME | [v. -SUMED, -SUMING, -SUMES] · to take up again after interruption |
| RETARD | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to slow the progress of |
| REVEST | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to vest again + |
| RIGOUR | [n. -S] · rigor / [x] { rigor rigour § rigors rigours } |
| RIVAGE | [n. -S] · a coast, shore, or bank |
| SCOTCH | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to put a definite end to |
| SUBORN | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to induce to commit perjury |
| SUDDEN | [n. -S] · a sudden occurrence / ----- [a.] · happening quickly and without warning - SUDDENLY [b.] |
| SUITOR | [n. -S] · one that is courting a woman |
| SUMMON | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to order to appear |
| TENURE | [v. -URED, -URING, -URES] · to grant tenure to (=tenuring) |
| USURER | [n. -S] · one that practices usury |
| VAWARD | [n. -S] · the foremost part |
| VENDER | [n. -S] · vendor / [x] { vender vendor § venders vendors § vender vendor vendors } |
| VENDOR | [n. -S] · a seller / [x] { vender vendor § venders vendors § vender vendor vendors } |
| VESTRY | [n. -TRIES] · a room in which vestments are kept - VESTRAL [a.] |
| WARREN | [n. -S] · a place where rabbits live and breed |
| WICKET | [n. -S] · a small door or gate |
| ADMIRAL | [n. -S] · a high-ranking~ naval officer / [x] { admiral ameer amir emeer emir § ameers amirs emeers emirs } |
| BAILIFF | [n. -S] · a court officer |
| BULLACE | [n. -S] · a purple plum |
| BUSTARD | [n. -S] · a game bird |
| CABBAGE | [v. -BAGED, -BAGING, -BAGES] · to steal |
| CANVASS | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to examine thoroughly / [x] { canvas canvasing canvass canvassing § canvases canvasses § canvas canvased canvases canvasing canvass canvassed canvasses canvassing } |
| CHALICE | [n. -S] · a drinking cup - CHALICED [a.] |
| CHALLIS | [n. -LISES] · a light fabric / [x] { challie challis chally § challies challises } |
| CITIZEN | [n. -S] · a resident of a city or town |
| COUCHER | [n. -S] · one that couches |
| CULPRIT | [n. -S] · one that is guilty |
| DELIVER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to take to the intended recipient |
| DISCORD | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to disagree |
| EMPANEL | [v. -ELED or -ELLED, -ELING or -ELLING, -ELS] · to impanel «to enter on a list for jury duty» / [x] { empanel § empanels § empanel empaneled empaneling empanelled empanelling empanels impanel impaneled impaneling impanelled impanelling impanels } |
| EMPRESS | [n. -ES] · a female ruler of an empire |
| FINANCE | [v. -NANCED, -NANCING°, -NANCES] · to supply the money for |
| FLANNEL | [v. -NELED or -NELLED, -NELING or -NELLING, -NELS] · to cover with flannel |
| FURRIER | [n. -S] · one that deals in furs |
| GARBAGE | [n. -S] · food waste - GARBAGEY GARBAGY [a.] (=garbagey garbagy) / [x] { garbage garbages § garbage garbages § garbage garbagey garbagy } |
| GLORIFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to bestow honor or praise on |
| GRANTOR | [n. -S] · granter «one that grants» / [x] { granter grantor § granters grantors } |
| GRAPLIN | [n. -S] · a grapnel «a type of anchor» / [x] { graplin grapline grapnel grappling § graplines graplins grapnels grapplings § grapnel grapnels grappling } |
| GRAPNEL | [n. -S] · a type of anchor / [x] { graplin grapline grapnel grappling § graplines graplins grapnels grapplings § grapnel grapnels grappling } |
| LECHERY | [n. -ERIES] · excessive sexual indulgence |
| MARCHER | [n. -S] · one that marches |
| MORTIFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to humiliate |
| NOISOME | [a.] · disgusting; harmful |
| NOMBLES | [n.] · numbles «animal entrails» / [x] { nombles numbles } |
| NUMBLES | [n.] · animal entrails / [x] { nombles numbles } |
| OPINION | [n. -S] · a conclusion or judgment one holds to be true |
| ORPHREY | [n. -PHREYS] · an ornamental band or border / [x] { orfray orphrey § orfrays orphreys } |
| PARAGON | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to compare with |
| PENANCE | [v. -ANCED, -ANCING, -ANCES] · to impose a type of punishment upon |
| PERJURY | [n. -RIES] · the willful giving of false testimony under oath in a judicial proceeding |
| PLASTER | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to cover with plaster / [x] { plaister plaster § plaisters plasters § plaister plaistered plaistering plaisters plaster plastered plastering plasters § plastered } |
| PLENISH | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to fill up |
| POTTAGE | [n. -S] · a thick soup |
| PRIMMER | < PRIM, [a. PRIMMER, PRIMMEST] · formally precise or proper / ----- [v. PRIMMED, PRIMMING, PRIMS] · to give a prim expression to / [x] { prim primmer § prims § prim primmed primming prims § prim primmer primmest primsie } |
| PRIVITY | [n. -TIES] · private knowledge |
| QUARTAN | [n. -S] · a recurrent malarial fever |
| RECEIPT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to mark as having been paid |
| RECHEAT | [n. -S] · a hunting call |
| REMOUNT | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to mount again + |
| RESPITE | [v. -SPITED, -SPITING, -SPITES] · to relieve temporarily |
| ROMANCE | [v. -MANCED, -MANCING, -MANCES] · to woo |
| SEVERAL | [n. -S] · a few persons or things |
| TONSURE | [v. -SURED, -SURING, -SURES] · to shave the head of |
| TOURNEY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to compete in a tournament |
| VESTURE | [v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to clothe |
| VILLEIN | [n. -S] · a type of serf |
| ABETMENT | [n. -S] · the act of abetting / [x] { abetment abettal § abetments abettals } |
| AMENABLE | [a.] · capable of being persuaded - AMENABLY [b.] |
| APPELLEE | [n. -S] · the defendant in a type of judicial proceeding |
| ARGUMENT | [n. -S] · a discussion involving differing points of view / [x] { argument argumentum § argumenta arguments § argument arguments } |
| BACHELOR | [n. -S] · an unmarried man |
| BARONAGE | [n. -S] · the rank of a baron |
| CAUSEWAY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to build a causeway over |
| DECREASE | [v. -CREASED, -CREASING, -CREASES] · to diminish |
| DELIVERY | [n. -ERIES] · the act of delivering |
| DETAINER | [n. -S] · the unlawful withholding of another's property |
| DISLOYAL | [a.] · not loyal |
| DOUZEPER | [n. -S] · one of twelve legendary knights |
| FRACTION | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to divide into portions |
| GARDENER | [n. -S] · one that gardens |
| GUERNSEY | [n. -SEYS] · a woolen shirt |
| INVEIGLE | [v. -GLED, -GLING, -GLES] · to induce by guile or flattery |
| LANGUISH | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to lose vigor or vitality |
| MESNALTY | [n. -TIES] · a type of feudal estate |
| MONITION | [n. -S] · a warning |
| MORALITY | [n. -TIES] · conformity to the rules of right conduct |
| MORTMAIN | [n. -S] · perpetual ownership of land |
| OVERPLUS | [n. -ES] · a surplus |
| OVERTURE | [v. -TURED, -TURING, -TURES] · to propose |
| PARAMENT | [n. -MENTS or -MENTA] · an ornamental vestment |
| PEDIGREE | [n. -S] · a line of ancestors |
| PERFORCE | [b.] · of necessity |
| PHTHISIC | [n. -S] · phthisis «a disease of the lungs» / [x] { phthisic phthisis § phthises phthisics § phthisic } |
| PLAISTER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to plaster / [x] { plaister plaster § plaisters plasters § plaister plaistered plaistering plaisters plaster plastered plastering plasters § plastered } |
| PREPENSE | [a.] · planned in advance |
| PROCHEIN | [a.] · nearest in time, relation, or degree / [x] { prochain prochein } |
| PROPERTY | [n. -TIES] · something owned |
| PURSUANT | [b.] · in accordance |
| QUINTAIN | [n. -S] · an object used as a target in a medieval sport |
| RECREANT | [n. -S] · a coward |
| REPLEVIN | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to replevy «to regain possession of by legal action» / [x] { replevin replevy § replevins § replevied replevies replevin replevined replevining replevins replevy replevying } |
| REPRISAL | [n. -S] · an act of retaliation / [x] { marque reprisal § marques reprisals } |
| SACRISTY | [n. -TIES] · a room in which sacred vessels and vestments are kept |
| SANCTIFY | [v. -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] · to make holy |
| SARSENET | [n. -S] · sarcenet «a silk fabric» / [x] { sarcenet sarsenet sarsnet § sarcenets sarsenets sarsnets } |
| SPANDREL | [n. -S] · a space between two adjoining arches / [x] { spandrel spandril § spandrels spandrils } |
| SPANDRIL | [n. -S] · spandrel «a space between two adjoining arches» / [x] { spandrel spandril § spandrels spandrils } |
| SUPPOSAL | [n. -S] · something supposed |
| SURCEASE | [v. -CEASED, -CEASING, -CEASES] · to cease |
| TORTIOUS | [a.] · of the nature of a tort |
| TORTUOUS | [a.] · marked by repeated turns or bends |
| VIGOROUS | [a.] · full of vigor |
| VISCOUNT | [n. -S] · a British~ nobleman |
| APPELLANT | [n. -S] · © one who accuses another of felony or treason |
| CHORISTER | [n. -S] · © one of a choir; a singer in a chorus |
| CURTILAGE | [n. -S] · © a yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house |
| DISPENSER | [n. -S] · © one who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer~; as, a dispenser of favors |
| EXECUTRIX | [n. -TRIXES or -TRICES] · © a woman exercising the functions of an executor |
| MISCHANCE | [n. -S] · © ill luck; ill fortune; mishap |
| PAROCHIAL | [a.] · © of or pertaining to a parish; restricted to a parish; as, parochial duties |
| PEACEABLE | [a.] · © begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome |
| PENTHOUSE | [n. -S] · © a shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to~. Also figuratively |
| PLAINTIFF | [n. -S] · © one who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant |
| REGARDANT | [a.] · (usually postpositive) (heraldry) (of a beast) shown looking backwards over its shoulder |
| SEVERANCE | [n. -S] · © the act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation |
| SPRIGHTLY | [a. -LIER, -LIEST] · © sprightlike~, or spiritlike~; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance |
| SUCCESSOR | [n. -S] · © one who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king |
| SUFFRAGAN | [n. -S] · (of any bishop of a diocese) subordinate to and assisting his superior archbishop or metropolitan |
| VENGEANCE | [n. -S] · © punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge |
| ACCEPTABLE | [a.] · © capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us |
| CHANCELLOR | [n. -S] · © a judicial court of chancery, which in England~ and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction |
| DISCIPLINE | [v. -PLINED, -PLINING, -PLINES] · © to educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train |
| MAINTAINER | [n. -S] · © one who maintains |
| OUTRAGEOUS | [a.] · being or having the nature of an outrage |
| PEREMPTORY | [a.] · © precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final |
| PROPITIOUS | [a.] · © convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze |
| TEMPERANCE | [n. -S] · restraint or moderation, esp~ in yielding to one's appetites or desires |
| UNMANNERLY | [b.] · not mannerly / [x] { unmannerly § unmanneredly unmannerly } |
| VISITATION | [n. -S] · © the act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination |
| CONSPIRATOR | [n. -S] · © one who engages in a conspiracy; a plotter |
| IMPROVEMENT | [n. -S] · © the act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc~. |
| INHERITANCE | [n. -S] · © the act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities |
| MEDICINABLE | [a.] · © medicinal; having the power of healing |
| PHILOSOPHER | [n. -S] · © one who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy |
| PRESENTMENT | [n. -S] · © the act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation |
| PROHIBITION | [n. -S] · © the act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict |
| RESEMBLANCE | [n. -S] · the state or quality of resembling; likeness or similarity in nature, appearance, etc~. |
| SUPPOSITORY | [n. -RIES] · © a pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp~., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter |
| PROCLAMATION | [n. -S] · © the act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication |
| PERAMBULATION | [n. -S] · © the act of perambulating; traversing |
| PRONOUNCEMENT | [n. -S] · © the act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement |
| DISCONTINUANCE | † [n.] the occurrence of something being discontinued |
| INTERPRETATION | [n. -S] · © the act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma |