WOW24 Scrabble words whose most recent Wiktionary etymology is Scots, according to kaikki.org data.
150 entries
| WORD | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| BOD | [n. -S] · a body / [x] { bod body § bodies bods § bodied bodies body bodying § bodied } |
| FOU | [a.] · drunk |
| HOD | [n. -S] · a portable trough |
| JOT | [v. JOTTED, JOTTING°, JOTS] · to write down quickly |
| KEP | [v. KEPPED, KEPPEN or KIPPEN, KEPPING, KEPS] · to catch |
| LUM | [n. -S] · a chimney |
| MUG | [v. MUGGED, MUGGING°, MUGS] · to assault with intent to rob |
| PET | [v. PETTED, PETTING°, PETS] · to caress with the hand |
| TIC | [v. TICCED, TICCING, TICS] · to have an involuntary muscle contraction (=ticced ticcing) |
| TOT | [v. TOTTED, TOTTING, TOTS] · to total / [x] { tot total totting § totals tots § tot total totaled totaling totalled totalling totals tots totted totting § total totaled totalled } |
| WOW | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to excite to enthusiastic approval |
| AGLY | [b.] · agley «awry» / [x] { aglee agley agly gley § aglee agley agly gley } |
| AULD | [a. AULDER, AULDEST] · old / [x] { auld elder eldest old olde oldest ole wold § elders eldests olds § elder elders § auld aulder auldest elder eldest old olde older oldest ole wold } |
| CARN | [n. -S] · cairn / [x] { cairn carn karn § cairns carns karns § cairned cairny § carn } |
| DIRK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to stab with a small knife |
| DOUR | [a. DOURER, DOUREST] · sullen |
| DREE | [v. DREED, DREEING, DREES] · to suffer / [x] { dreich § dree dreich dreigh driegh } |
| FECK | [n. -S] · value |
| FINK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to inform to the police |
| FOGY | [n. -GIES] · an old-fashioned~ person - FOGYISH [a.] / [x] { fogey fogie fogy § fogeys fogies § fogeyish fogyish } |
| GOLF | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to play golf |
| HOWF | [n. -S] · a place frequently visited / [x] { howf howff § howffs howfs § howf howff howffs howfs } |
| KAME | [n. -S] · a mound of detrital material |
| LEET | [n. -S] · a former English court for petty offenses |
| PECH | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to pant |
| PONY | [v. -NIED, -NYING, -NIES] · to prepare lessons with the aid of a literal translation |
| PUTT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to hit with a light stroke in golf |
| RAID | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to make a sudden assault on |
| SPAE | [v. SPAED, SPAEING°, SPAES] · to foretell |
| SPAY | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to remove the ovaries of |
| STAB | [v. STABBED, STABBING°, STABS] · to pierce with a pointed weapon / [x] { stab stob § stabs stobs § stab stabbed stabbing stabs stob stobbed stobbing stobs § stab } |
| TRAM | [v. TRAMMED, TRAMMING, TRAMS] · to convey in a tramcar |
| YANK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to pull suddenly |
| AGLEE | [b.] · agley «awry» / [x] { aglee agley agly gley § aglee agley agly gley } |
| AGLEY | [b.] · awry / [x] { aglee agley agly gley § aglee agley agly gley } |
| BAIRN | [n. -S] · a child - BAIRNISH [a.] |
| BIRSE | [n. -S] · a bristle / [x] { birse bristle bristling § birses bristles § bristle bristled bristles bristling § bristled bristling } |
| BLATE | [a.] · timid / [x] { blat blate bleat bleating § bleats § blat blate blats blatted blatting bleat bleated bleating bleats } |
| BRASH | [a. BRASHER, BRASHEST] · rash; hasty - BRASHLY [b.] / ----- [n. -ES] · a mass of fragments / [x] { brash § brashes § brash brashes § brash brasher brashest brashier brashiest brashy § brashly } |
| BROCH | [n. -S] · a prehistoric stone tower |
| BUDDY | [v. -DIED, -DYING, -DIES] · to become close friends |
| CAIRN | [n. -S] · a mound of stones set up as a memorial - CAIRNED CAIRNY [a.] / [x] { cairn carn karn § cairns carns karns § cairned cairny § carn } |
| CHIEL | [n. -S] · chield «a young man» / [x] { chiel chield childe § chields chiels } |
| CLEEK | [v. CLAUCHT or CLEEKED, CLEEKING, CLEEKS] · to clutch / [x] { cleek click clutch clutching § cleeks clutches § claucht claught claughted claughting claughts cleek cleeked cleeking cleeks click clutch clutched clutches clutching § cleek click clutch } |
| COSIE | [n. -S] · a cozy / [x] { cosey cosie cosier cosy cozey cozie cozier cozy § coseys cosies cozeys cozies § cosey cosie cosied cosies cosy cosying cozey cozie cozied cozies cozy cozying § cosey cosie cosier cosiest cosy cozey cozie cozier coziest cozy § cozily } |
| CROON | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to sing softly |
| CURCH | [n. -ES] · a kerchief |
| DANDY | [a. -DIER, -DIEST] · fine / ----- [n. -DIES] · a man who is overly concerned about his appearance |
| FEUAR | [n. -S] · one granted land under Scottish~ feudal law |
| FIRTH | [n. -S] · an inlet of the sea / [x] { firth frith § firths friths § frith friths } |
| FOGEY | [n. -GEYS] · fogy «an old-fashioned~ person» - FOGEYISH [a.] (=fogeyish) / [x] { fogey fogie fogy § fogeys fogies § fogeyish fogyish } |
| FOGIE | [n. -S] · fogy «an old-fashioned~ person» / [x] { fogey fogie fogy § fogeys fogies § fogeyish fogyish } |
| FRITH | [n. -S] · firth / [x] { firth frith § firths friths § frith friths } |
| GLIME | [v. GLIMED, GLIMING, GLIMES] · to glance slyly |
| GLINT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to glitter |
| GLOUT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to scowl |
| GOWAN | [n. -S] · a daisy - GOWANED GOWANY [a.] |
| HAUGH | [n. -S] · a low-lying~ meadow |
| HAVER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to hem and haw |
| HOWFF | [n. -S] · howf «a place frequently visited» / [x] { howf howff § howffs howfs § howf howff howffs howfs } |
| KLUGE | [v. KLUGED, KLUGING, KLUGES] · to kludge «to put together from ill-fitting~ components» (=kluged kluging) / [x] { kludge kluge § kludges kluges § kludge kludged kludges kludging kluge kluged kluges kluging } |
| LAIRD | [n. -S] · the owner of a landed estate - LAIRDLY [a.] |
| MAKAR | [n. -S] · a poet / [x] { makar muggar mugger muggur § muggars muggers muggurs § mugger } |
| MOGGY | [n. -GIES] · a cat / [x] { moggie moggy § moggies § moggy } |
| PLAID | [n. -S] · a woolen scarf of a checkered pattern - PLAIDED [a.] |
| POIND | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to seize and sell the property of to satisfy a debt |
| 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 } |
| ROWAN | [n. -S] · a Eurasian~ tree |
| SCONE | [n. -S] · a flat, round cake |
| SCOTS | < SCOT, [n. -S] · a tax |
| SCUFF | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to walk without lifting the feet |
| SILKY | [a. SILKIER, SILKIEST] · resembling silk / ----- [n. SILKIES] · a glossy-coated~ terrier / [x] { selkie silkie silky § selkies silkies } |
| SKIRL | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to produce a shrill sound |
| SNOOT | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to treat with disdain |
| SONSY | [a. -SIER, -SIEST] · comely / [x] { sonsie sonsier sonsiest sonsy } |
| TEIND | [n. -S] · a tithe |
| TROAK | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to troke «to exchange» / [x] { troak trock troke troking truck § trucks § troak troaked troaking troaks trock trocked trocking trocks troke troked trokes troking truck trucked trucking trucks § trucked } |
| TROKE | [v. TROKED, TROKING, TROKES] · to exchange / [x] { troak trock troke troking truck § trucks § troak troaked troaking troaks trock trocked trocking trocks troke troked trokes troking truck trucked trucking trucks § trucked } |
| TWEED | [n. -S] · a coarse woolen fabric |
| WEIRD | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to cause to experience a strange sensation / ----- [a. WEIRDER, WEIRDEST] · mysteriously strange (=weirded weirding) |
| BAUBEE | [n. -S] · bawbee «a Scottish~ coin» / [x] { baubee bawbee § baubees bawbees } |
| BAWBEE | [n. -S] · a Scottish~ coin / [x] { baubee bawbee § baubees bawbees } |
| BOTHER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to annoy |
| BOVVER | [n. -S] · rowdy behavior |
| CADDIE | [v. -DIED, -DYING, -DIES] · to serve as a golfer's assistant / [x] { caddie caddy § caddies § caddie caddied caddies caddy caddying } |
| CHIELD | [n. -S] · a young man / [x] { chiel chield childe § chields chiels } |
| CLAVER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to gossip |
| DREDGE | [v. DREDGED, DREDGING°, DREDGES] · to clear with a dredge |
| DREICH | [a.] · dreary / [x] { dreich § dree dreich dreigh driegh } |
| DREIGH | [a.] · dreich «dreary» / [x] { dreich § dree dreich dreigh driegh } |
| GLAMOR | [n. -S] · alluring attractiveness / [x] { glamor glamour § glamors glamours § glamor glamors glamour glamoured glamouring glamours } |
| GLUNCH | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to frown |
| GUFFAW | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to laugh loudly |
| KLUDGE | [v. KLUDGED, KLUDGING, KLUDGES] · to put together from ill-fitting~ components (=kludged kludging) / [x] { kludge kluge § kludges kluges § kludge kludged kludges kludging kluge kluged kluges kluging } |
| MOGGIE | [n. -S] · moggy «a cat» / [x] { moggie moggy § moggies § moggy } |
| SAWNEY | [n. -NEYS] · a foolish person |
| SCLAFF | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to strike the ground with the club before hitting the ball in golf |
| SCRIMP | [v. -ED, -ING°, -S] · to be very or overly thrifty / [x] { scrimp skimp § scrimps skimps § scrimp scrimped scrimping scrimps skimp skimped skimping skimps § scrimp scrimped skimp skimped skimping } |
| SELKIE | [n. -S] · a creature in Scottish~ and Irish~ folklore / [x] { selkie silkie silky § selkies silkies } |
| SILKIE | [n. -S] · selkie «a creature in Scottish~ and Irish~ folklore» (=silkie) / [x] { selkie silkie silky § selkies silkies } |
| SKERRY | [n. -RIES] · a small, rocky island |
| SONSIE | [a. -SIER, -SIEST] · sonsy «comely» / [x] { sonsie sonsier sonsiest sonsy } |
| TICKET | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to attach a tag to |
| TOCHER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to give a dowry to |
| WINCEY | [n. -CEYS] · a type of fabric |
| WRAITH | [n. -S] · a ghost |
| BROWNIE | [n. -S] · a small sprite |
| BUIRDLY | [a.] · burly / [x] { buirdly burlier burliest burly § burlily } |
| CANTRAP | [n. -S] · cantrip «a magic spell» / [x] { cantraip cantrap cantrip § cantraips cantraps cantrips } |
| CANTRIP | [n. -S] · a magic spell / [x] { cantraip cantrap cantrip § cantraips cantraps cantrips } |
| CHUNDER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to vomit |
| CONFIDE | [v. -FIDED, -FIDING, -FIDES] · to reveal in trust or confidence |
| GLAIKIT | [a.] · foolish / [x] { glaiket glaikit } |
| GLAMOUR | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to bewitch / [x] { glamor glamour § glamors glamours § glamor glamors glamour glamoured glamouring glamours } |
| PLENISH | [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to fill up |
| RAMPAGE | [v. -PAGED, -PAGING, -PAGES] · to move about wildly or violently |
| SCUNNER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to feel loathing or disgust |
| SLEEKIT | [a.] · sleek / [x] { sleek sleeking § sleek sleeked sleeking sleeks § sleek sleeker sleekest sleekier sleekiest sleekit sleeky § sleek } |
| SPURTLE | [n. -S] · a stick for stirring porridge |
| VENDACE | [n. -S] · a European~ fish |
| WARISON | [n. -S] · a call to attack |
| BARTISAN | [n. -S] · bartizan «a small turret» / [x] { bartisan bartizan § bartisans bartizans } |
| BARTIZAN | [n. -S] · a small turret / [x] { bartisan bartizan § bartisans bartizans } |
| BONSPELL | [n. -S] · bonspiel «a curling match or tournament» / [x] { bonspell bonspiel § bonspells bonspiels } |
| BONSPIEL | [n. -S] · a curling match or tournament / [x] { bonspell bonspiel § bonspells bonspiels } |
| CANTRAIP | [n. -S] · cantrip «a magic spell» / [x] { cantraip cantrap cantrip § cantraips cantraps cantrips } |
| FECKLESS | † [a.] · lacking purpose or vitality |
| GUMPTION | [n. -S] · shrewdness «derivative of shrewd» |
| HOGMANAY | [n. -NAYS] · a Scottish~ celebration / [x] { hogmanay hogmane hogmenay § hogmanays hogmanes hogmenays } |
| HOGMENAY | [n. -NAYS] · hogmanay «a Scottish~ celebration» / [x] { hogmanay hogmane hogmenay § hogmanays hogmanes hogmenays } |
| MICAWBER | [n. -S] · a person who remains hopeful despite adversity |
| RELEVANT | [a.] · pertaining to the matter at hand |
| SHEALING | [n. -S] · a shepherd's hut / [x] { sheal shealing shiel shieling § shealings sheals shielings shiels § sheal shealing sheals shiel shieling shiels } |
| SHIELING | [n. -S] · shealing «a shepherd's hut» / [x] { sheal shealing shiel shieling § shealings sheals shielings shiels § sheal shealing sheals shiel shieling shiels } |
| STALWART | [n. -S] · an unwavering partisan |
| STRAVAGE | [v. -VAGED, -VAGING, -VAGES] · to stroll / [x] { stravage stravaig § stravages stravaigs § stravage stravaged stravages stravaging stravaig stravaiged stravaiging stravaigs } |
| STRAVAIG | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to stravage «to stroll» / [x] { stravage stravaig § stravages stravaigs § stravage stravaged stravages stravaging stravaig stravaiged stravaiging stravaigs } |
| FORGATHER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · © to convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally / [x] { foregathering forgathering § foregather foregathered foregathering foregathers forgather forgathered forgathering forgathers } |
| KITTIWAKE | [n. -S] · © a northern gull, inhabiting the coasts of Europe~ and America~. It is white, with black tips to the wings, and has but three toes |
| MENSELESS | [a.] · (Scottish~) graceless or lacking propriety |
| NARRATIVE | [n. -S] · © that which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story |
| SPINDRIFT | [n. -S] · spray blown up from the surface of the sea |
| FOREGATHER | [v. -ED, -ING, -S] · © same as Forgather / [x] { foregathering forgathering § foregather foregathered foregathering foregathers forgather forgathered forgathering forgathers } |
| PERNICKETY | [a.] · excessively precise and attentive to detail; fussy / [x] { pernickety persnickety } |
| HOBBLEDEHOY | † [n.] an awkward adolescent youth |
| PERSNICKETY | [a.] · the US word for pernickety / [x] { pernickety persnickety } |
| SKULDUGGERY | [n. -RIES] · (informal) underhand dealing; trickery |
| CAPERCAILLIE | [n. -S] · a large European~ woodland grouse, Tetrao~ urogallus~, having a black plumage and fan-shaped~ tail in the male |
| SKULLDUGGERY | [n. -RIES] · derivative of skulduggery «(informal) underhand dealing; trickery» |
| WALLYDRAIGLE | [n. -S] · wallydrag «a worthless person or animal» / [x] { wallydrag wallydraigle § wallydrags wallydraigles } |