Bookworm words

These are some of the more unusual words which can be used in the online game Bookworm. It is a game which I thoroughly recommend to your pupils

Why not set it for homework? They will love it.

https://kbhgames.com/game/bookworm-online

 

DELF	Alt spelling of “Delft” referring to pottery
DIS	Could be slang for “disrespect” (alt diss) or the capital of Hell
DOPY	Alt spelling of “dopey”
DORY	A flat-bottomed boat
DUP	“to open” and not the abbreviation for the Democratic Unionist Party
DURE	Hard or severe
FANE	A temple
FRIZ	Alt spelling of “Frizz” meaning to make hair into short curls
GEES	Third person present tense of to gee – as in gee up a horse
GOY	Anyone who is not Jewish
GREE	Mastery or victory
HAED	Had (Scots)
HIN	Ancient hebrew measure of liquid
JIN	Alt spelling of “Jinn” - a mythological spirit which may be good or evil
MARRER	Alt spelling of “marrow” meaning a mate or friend
NADIR	Lowest point
PATE	Head – although Google thought I meant Pâté
PITA	Alt spelling of Pitta as in Pitta bread
QUIRED	Alt spelling of “quire” meaning 24 sheets of paper
TASS	A cup (Scots) cf tasse (French)
TIDED	Past tense of verb “to tide” meaning to move with the tide
TIPPY	Liable to tip over but a word I hadn’t heard before
TITI	A South American monkey
TOTER	One who carries something, e.g. a gun-toting cowboy.
TOYER	One who toys with something
TREED	Planted with trees or indeed driven up a tree by a hunting pack
TRET	An allowance for waste
VIS	Power cf Latin “vires”
YELD	A sterile animal
ZOA	Individuals from a single egg
ZOON	Singular of zoa

Also

torse	Heraldic wreath
bine	a long, flexible stem of a climbing plant, especially the hop.
eft	newt
nelly	a silly person (informal)
voe	a small bay or creek in Orkney or Shetland.
quean	cheeky girl
quoin	an external angle of a wall or building.
cavil	make petty or unnecessary objections.
gan	a dialect of Chinese spoken by about 20 million people, mainly in Jiangxi province. (you'd think that would make it a proper noun but Bookworm accepts it)
foy	to assist a ship in distress
gie	a Scottish word for give
ret	soak with water
rax	to extend
ria	a long, narrow inlet formed by the partial submergence of a river valley.
yow	used to express excitement, joy, or surprise
bren	a lightweight quick-firing machine gun used by the Allied forces in the Second World War. (you'd think that would make it a proper noun but Bookworm accepts it)
kab	an ancient Hebrew measure equal to about two quarts.
purl	(knitting) an inverted stitch producing ribbing etc
vagi	cranial nerves
glim	candle
joe	an ordinary man “average joe” (or a cup of coffee)
loof	palm of the hand
ite	dto make ready
pinta	chronic skin disease
illy	badly
cade	lumpy or rotund
clag	sticky mud or dirt
ree	Wild; fierce; outrageous
mome	A dull or stupid person.
sau	a skewer made of losilosi wood
wale	a horizontal wooden strip fitted as strengthening to a boat's side.
pinas	Pina = a cone of silver amalgam prepared for retorting (pinas being the plural)
fiar	The price of grain in the counties of Scotland,
sura	a chapter or section of the Koran (scholars say each one can be taken seven different ways!)
soli	did you know there was a plural of solo?
oxo	the game of noughts and crosses (and those beef cubes as well!)
cuke	cucumber (informal)
kata	martial arts practice
maar	a broad, low-relief volcanic crater
macer	an official who keeps order in a law court
quate	archaic term for fortune or destiny
uta	noun. any of several iguanid lizards
lunk	a slow-witted person
puggy	having a face that resembles that of a pug dog
menad	a frenzied woman (alt spelling maenad)
pung	low box sleigh
geest	a type of landform, slightly raised above the surrounding countryside
Dexy	a tablet of Dexedrine