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Reading the Scrabble Dictionary: Week 47

12/11/2014

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We are currently being blasted with williwaws here in Montreal—the perfect word for a violent gust of cold wind. In contrast, there were also a lots of songbirds and shorebirds today, my favorite being the wheatear.

Also, I think w is one of my favorite sounds.
⚛ Units of the Week
    Watt: a unit of power
    Watthour: a unit of energy
    Wavicle: a subatomic particle that can act like both a wave and a particle
    Weakon: a subatomic particle
    Weber: a unit of magnetic flux
    Weldment: a unit composed of welded pieces

!!! Unexpected Words of the Week
    Vum: interjection—used to express surprise (as in, "Vum! Where's the rum?!")
    Wain: a large, open wagon
    Wark: to endure pain
    Waveoff: the act of denying landing permission to an approaching aircraft (aka the craft shaft)
    Weasand: the throat
    Welkin: the sky
    Wellaway: an expression of sorrow
    Wellcurb: the stone ring around a well
    Wetward: the human brain when considered as functionally equivalent to a computer
    Whatness: the true nature of something
    Whifffet: an insignificant person
    Widdy: a hangman's noose
    Wildcat: to search for oil in an area of doubtful productivity

♡ Favorite Words of the Week
    Wabbler: one that wabbles
    Waesucks: interjection—used to express pity
    Waggery: waggish behavior (playfully humorous)
    Wambly: unsteady
    Wangle: to obtain or accomplish by contrivance
    Wastry: reckless extravagance
    Wayworn: fatigued by travel
    Weird: to cause to experience a strange sensation
    Wheeple: to give forth a prolonged whistle
    Williwaw: a violent gust of cold wind
(Pages 645–658)
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