WOW24 Scrabble words whose most recent Wiktionary etymology is Old Norse, according to kaikki.org data.
46 entries
| WORD | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| BAD | [a. BADDER, BADDEST] · very good / ----- [a. WORSE°, WORST°] · not good in any way / ----- [n. -S] · something that is bad |
| BIG | [a. BIGGER, BIGGEST] · of considerable size / ----- [n. -S] · an individual or organization of importance |
| DUD | [n. -S] · a bomb that fails to explode |
| LUG | [v. LUGGED, LUGGING, LUGS] · to carry or pull with effort |
| SAG | [v. SAGGED, SAGGING, SAGS] · to bend or sink downward from weight or pressure |
| VOE | [n. -S] · a small bay, creek, or inlet |
| JARL | [n. -S] · a Scandinavian~ nobleman |
| KEIR | [n. -S] · kier / [x] { keir kier § keirs kiers } |
| KIER | [n. -S] · a vat for boiling and dyeing fabrics / [x] { keir kier § keirs kiers } |
| MARA | [n. -S] · a cavy of Argentina~ |
| RUNE | [n. -S] · a letter of an ancient alphabet - RUNELIKE [a.] |
| RUTH | [n. -S] · compassion |
| SCUD | [v. SCUDDED, SCUDDING, SCUDS] · to run or move swiftly |
| SLUG | [v. SLUGGED, SLUGGING, SLUGS] · to strike heavily |
| TOSS | [v. TOSSED or TOST, TOSSING, TOSSES] · to throw lightly |
| TWAT | [n. -S] · the vulva -- usually considered vulgar |
| WHIR | [v. WHIRRED, WHIRRING, WHIRS] · to move with a buzzing sound / [x] { whir whirr whirring § whirrs whirs § whir whirr whirred whirring whirrs whirs § whirring } |
| ALIKE | [a.] · having close resemblance |
| CADGE | [v. CADGED, CADGING, CADGES] · to get by begging |
| COLBY | [n. -BIES or -BYS] · a mild cheese (=colbies) |
| SCALD | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to burn with hot liquid or steam / [x] { scald skald § skalds § scaldic skaldic } |
| SCOLD | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to rebuke harshly |
| SCRUB | [v. SCRUBBED, SCRUBBING°, SCRUBS] · to rub hard in order to clean |
| SHOUT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to utter loudly |
| SKALD | [n. -S] · an ancient Scandinavian~ poet - SKALDIC [a.] / [x] { scald skald § skalds § scaldic skaldic } |
| SKIRL | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to produce a shrill sound |
| SLANT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to deviate from the horizontal or vertical / [x] { slant slanting § slants § slant slanted slanting slants § aslant slant slanted slanting § aslant } |
| STEAK | [n. -S] · a slice of meat |
| TRASH | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to free from trash |
| WHIRR | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to whir / [x] { whir whirr whirring § whirrs whirs § whir whirr whirred whirring whirrs whirs § whirring } |
| BUNGLE | [v. -GLED, -GLING°, -GLES] · to work, make, or do clumsily / [x] { bumble bungle § bumbles bungles § bumble bumbled bumbles bumbling bungle bungled bungles bungling § bungled } |
| SHELTY | [n. -TIES] · sheltie «a small, shaggy pony» / [x] { sheltie shelty shetland § shelties shetlands } |
| VIKING | [n. -S] · a Scandinavian~ pirate |
| WICKET | [n. -S] · a small door or gate |
| BERSERK | [n. -S] · a fierce warrior |
| BONDAGE | [n. -S] · slavery |
| GLUTTON | [n. -S] · a person who eats to excess |
| NIGGARD | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to act stingily |
| SCATTER | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to go or send in various directions |
| SHELTIE | [n. -S] · a small, shaggy pony / [x] { sheltie shelty shetland § shelties shetlands } |
| SNIFTER | [n. -S] · a pear-shaped~ liquor glass |
| GUERNSEY | [n. -SEYS] · a woolen shirt |
| SCALAWAG | [n. -S] · a rascal / [x] { scalawag scallawag scallywag § scalawags scallawags scallywags } |
| SLUGGARD | [n. -S] · an habitually lazy person |
| BERSERKER | [n. -S] · © one of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds |
| SCALLAWAG | [n. -S] · scallywag «a scamp» / [x] { scalawag scallawag scallywag § scalawags scallawags scallywags } |