WOW24 Scrabble words whose most recent Wiktionary etymology is Low German, according to kaikki.org data.
84 entries
| WORD | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| CUR | [n. -S] · a mongrel dog |
| NAG | [v. NAGGED, NAGGING°, NAGS] · to find fault incessantly |
| NIP | [v. NIPPED, NIPPING, NIPS] · to pinch |
| NUB | [n. -S] · a protuberance or knob |
| PAD | [v. PADDED, PADDING°, PADS] · to line or stuff with soft material |
| DIRK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to stab with a small knife |
| DOIT | [n. -S] · a former Dutch coin / [x] { doit duit § doits duits § doit doited doits } |
| DORK | [n. -S] · a stupid or foolish person |
| DUNE | [n. -S] · a hill of sand - DUNELIKE [a.] |
| FLOG | [v. FLOGGED, FLOGGING°, FLOGS] · to beat with a whip or rod |
| FUSS | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to be overly concerned with small details |
| GRAB | [v. GRABBED, GRABBING, GRABS] · to grasp suddenly |
| GRUE | [n. -S] · a shudder of fear |
| HAAR | [n. -S] · a fog |
| HUMP | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to arch into a hump |
| JUMP | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to spring off the ground - JUMPABLE [a.] (=jumpable) |
| KNOP | [n. -S] · a knob - KNOPPED [a.] / [x] { knob knobbing knop knosp § knobs knops knosps § knob knobbed knobbing knobs § knobbed knoblike knopped } |
| LAZY | [a. LAZIER, LAZIEST] · disinclined toward work or exertion / ----- [v. LAZIED, LAZYING, LAZIES] · to move or lie lazily |
| LOON | [n. -S] · a diving waterfowl |
| OGLE | [v. OGLED, OGLING, OGLES] · to stare at |
| PALL | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to become insipid |
| PAWL | [n. -S] · a hinged mechanical part |
| SCUM | [v. SCUMMED, SCUMMING, SCUMS] · to remove the scum from |
| SLAG | [v. SLAGGED, SLAGGING°, SLAGS] · to convert into slag |
| SLIM | [a. SLIMMER°, SLIMMEST] · slender / ----- [v. SLIMMED, SLIMMING°, SLIMS] · to make slim |
| SMUG | [a. SMUGGER, SMUGGEST] · highly self-satisfied~ |
| SNAP | [v. SNAPPED, SNAPPING, SNAPS] · to make a sharp cracking sound |
| SNIP | [v. SNIPPED, SNIPPING°, SNIPS] · to cut with a short, quick stroke |
| TOTE | [v. TOTED, TOTING, TOTES] · to carry by hand - TOTEABLE [a.] (=toteable) / [x] { tote § totes § tot tote toted totes toting § totable toteable § totes } |
| TRAM | [v. TRAMMED, TRAMMING, TRAMS] · to convey in a tramcar |
| YAWL | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to yowl «to utter a loud, long, mournful cry» / [x] { yawl yow yowl yowling § yawls yowls yows § yawl yawled yawling yawls yowed yowing yowl yowled yowling yowls § yow } |
| BITTS | < BITT, [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to secure a cable |
| BRAKE | [v. BRAKED, BRAKING, BRAKES] · to slow down or stop |
| BRICK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to build with bricks |
| CLOWN | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to act like a clown |
| CRANK | [a. CRANKER, CRANKEST] · lively / ----- [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to start manually |
| DUFUS | [n. -ES] · doofus / [x] { doofus dufus § doofuses dufuses } |
| FORBY | [p.] · close by / [x] { forby forbye foreby § forby forbye foreby } |
| KNACK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to strike sharply |
| KNOSP | [n. -S] · a knob / [x] { knob knobbing knop knosp § knobs knops knosps § knob knobbed knobbing knobs § knobbed knoblike knopped } |
| QUEER | [a. QUEERER, QUEEREST] · deviating from the expected or normal / ----- [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to spoil the effect or success of / [x] { queer queerer queering § queers § queer queered queering queers § quare queer queerer queerest § queer } |
| QUILL | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to press small ridges in |
| SHOAT | [n. -S] · a young hog / [x] { shoat shote § shoats shotes } |
| SHOTE | [n. -S] · shoat «a young hog» / [x] { shoat shote § shoats shotes } |
| SPLIT | [v. SPLIT°, SPLITTING, SPLITS] · to separate lengthwise |
| STOPE | [v. STOPED, STOPING°, STOPES] · to excavate in layers, as ore |
| STOVE | [v. STOVED, STOVING, STOVES] · to heat something in a heating apparatus (=stoved stoving) |
| CLEVER | [a. -ERER, -EREST] · mentally keen - CLEVERLY [b.] |
| DAWDLE | [v. -DLED, -DLING, -DLES] · to waste time / [x] { daddle diddle § daddles diddles § daddle daddled daddles daddling dawdle diddle diddled diddles diddling § diddle } |
| DODDLE | [n. -S] · an easy task |
| DOODLE | [v. -DLED, -DLING, -DLES] · to draw or scribble aimlessly |
| DOOFUS | [n. -ES] · a stupid or foolish person / [x] { doofus dufus § doofuses dufuses } |
| GIGGLE | [v. -GLED, -GLING, -GLES] · to laugh in a silly manner |
| GOETTA | [n.] a breakfast sausage made with ground meat |
| GRAVES | < GRAVE, [a. GRAVER°, GRAVEST] · extremely serious / ----- [v. GRAVED, GRAVEN, GRAVING, GRAVES] · to engrave |
| HAWKER | [n. -S] · one that hawks |
| MONKEY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to mimic |
| MUFFIN | [n. -S] · a small, round bread |
| PIZZLE | [n. -S] · the penis of an animal |
| POODLE | [n. -S] · a heavy-coated~ dog |
| WABBLE | [v. -BLED, -BLING, -BLES] · to wobble / [x] { wabble wabbling wobble wobbling § wobbles § wabble wabbled wabbles wabbling wobble wobbled wobbles wobbling } |
| WOBBLE | [v. -BLED, -BLING, -BLES] · to move unsteadily / [x] { wabble wabbling wobble wobbling § wobbles § wabble wabbled wabbles wabbling wobble wobbled wobbles wobbling } |
| CABOOSE | [n. -S] · the last car of a freight train |
| CENTNER | [n. -S] · a unit of weight |
| GHERKIN | [n. -S] · a small cucumber |
| GLISTER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to glisten / [x] { glisten glistening glister § glistens glisters § glisten glistened glistening glistens glister glistered glistering glisters § glistering } |
| GREAVES | < GREAVE, [n. -S] · a piece of armor for the leg - GREAVED [a.] |
| SHIPPER | [n. -S] · one that ships |
| SKELLUM | [n. -S] · a rascal / [x] { skellum skelm § skellums skelms } |
| SMUGGLE | [v. -GLED, -GLING°, -GLES] · to import or export illicitly |
| SNUFFLE | [v. -FLED, -FLING, -FLES] · to sniffle / [x] { sniff sniffing sniffle sniffling snivel sniveling snivelling snuffle snuffling § sniffles sniffs snivels snuffles § sniff sniffed sniffing sniffle sniffled sniffles sniffling sniffs snivel sniveled sniveling snivelled snivelling snivels snuffle snuffled snuffles snuffling § snivelled § sniff } |
| SPANCEL | [v. -CELED or -CELLED, -CELING or -CELLING, -CELS] · to bind or fetter with a rope |
| SPATTER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to scatter in drops / [x] { spatter spattering splatter splattering § spatters splatters § spatter spattered spattering spatters splatter splattered splattering splatters } |
| SYRINGA | [n. -S] · an ornamental shrub |
| WRANGLE | [v. -GLED, -GLING°, -GLES] · to argue noisily |
| BOWSPRIT | [n. -S] · a ship's spar |
| CAMBOOSE | [n. -S] · a large cabin at a logging camp |
| DUMPLING | [n. -S] · a ball of dough cooked with stew or soup |
| HUCKSTER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to peddle |
| SPARERIB | [n. -S] · a cut of pork |
| BELEAGUER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · © to surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade / [x] { leaguer § leaguers § beleaguer beleaguered beleaguering beleaguers leaguer leaguered leaguering leaguers § beleaguered } |
| CRANBERRY | † [n. -RIES] · tart red berry of a trailing evergreen shrub |
| WIDDERSHINS | [b.] · (mainly Scottish~) a variant spelling of withershins / [x] { widdershins withershins } |
| WITHERSHINS | [b.] · in the direction contrary to the apparent course of the sun; anticlockwise / [x] { widdershins withershins } |