My colleague Ishika takes you through some useful tools for word study namely Zyzzyva, Aerolith, and Anagram Quizzer. I chip in on my favorite tool for word study Xerafin:
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My colleague Ishika takes you through some useful tools for word study namely Zyzzyva, Aerolith, and Anagram Quizzer. I chip in on my favor...
Thursday 27 August 2020
Sunday 23 August 2020
Scrabble Resources
This is repost of an excellent write up by the Scrabble Association of Delhi NCR on scrabble resources you can use to improve your game:
Want to be a better Scrabbler? Read on!
There are three routes
to traverse towards your destination as a Scrabble champ. You can work on all
three simultaneously but if you’re a newbie, then you can start in the order
shown.
·
Word Power
·
Strategy
·
Temperament
Word Power:
Perhaps MOST critical
in learning words, is to ALSO learn their HOOKS (the letters that go at the front
(front hook) or at the back (back hooks) to make other words).
Words are learnt as
lists: Examples of word lists words that have only 2 letters, only 3 letters
(2’s and 3’s), or 4 letter words that take a Z, the most common 7 letter words
etc.
Most basic word lists:
(with hooks)
·
2 letter
words
·
3 letter
words
·
7 letter
words (top 2000)
·
8 letter
words (top 2000)
There are several
other lists that you can move on to as your word power improves:
Strategy / Game Play:
In addition to
building word power, you also need to develop “board play”. This covers aspects
like Board Vision (being able to spot the spaces where you can play bingos
etc.), Rack Balancing and Rack Leave (engineering your tiles to get the best
combination of letters for a bingo) etc.
This is best read
about in the SCRABBLE PLAYER’S HANDBOOK:
https://strataji.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/scrabblehandbook.pdf
It’s hosted on the
site: http://www.breakingthegame.net/handbook
This is a
comprehensive guide written with the collaboration of some of the best scrabble
players. It provide great insights into how to play the game with little
quizzes and examples along the way. Easy to read. Highly recommended.
You can also look at
the following sites:
·
http://www.youthscrabble.org/index.html Run by Karen Richards,
this site explains has very practical “HOW-TOs” offering tutorials on word play and scoring.
·
John
Holgate’s site (5 time Australian Champion): Offers good scrabbling tips http://scrabble.org.au/strategy/index.htm
Temperament is the hardest thing to develop. If you’re the
kind who has a live-in-the moment attitude and a positive attitude, you’re
half-way there. Developing the right temperament is best learnt from a coach.
Academies / Classes: Ideal to learn strategy and develop the Zen-like
temperament required to excel at Scrabble. While classes are typically for
beginners or those who are reasonably good but want to improve their game,
there are actually coaching sessions for expert players as well!
·
Wordaholix: Based out of Mumbai, Wordaholix offers
coaching for beginners and experts in either standard modules or customized
packages. For more details contact wordaholix@gmail.com or check out
http://www.facebook.com/wordaholix
·
Irfan
Siddiqui on-line coaching classes: Typically for a few weeks at a time, the coaching sessions are divided
into two groups: Group A: for beginners and intermediate scrabblers and Group
B: for advanced and expert scrabblers. For more details, email: mohd.irfan.s@gmail.com
or WhatsApp +973-333-455-50.
·
Swati
Gupta’s Scrabble Training Centre:
Located in Delhi, though originally a brick and mortar centre, the
pandemic has moved her online, offering customized coaching, with a lot of
interactive games, for beginners and intermediate players. Beginners will
require a minimum of 4 sessions. To know more: swati.gupta78@yahoo.co.in.
·
ISC
beginners group: Run by
Archana Aggarwal and Hema Shah, they offer coaching, tips and practice games
on-line. One-to-one coaching sessions are also offered at a nominal cost. For
more, reach out to either Archana or Hema
o
Archana: archana.aggarwal70@gmail.com
o
Hema: kssa.scrabble@gmail.com
·
Listening
to Scrabble commentary of the
matches taking place from our league matches to international tournaments. You
learn a lot about strategy and board play – and a few words along the way. I
would recommend this highly. This is the only time you can actually get into
the mind of an expert scrabbler – absolutely invaluable. Try not to miss any.
To follow the tournaments that are going on, get yourself to the nearest
administrator of a scrabble club/ group or a senior scrabbler and you can be
added to the whatsapp groups on which the schedules and links are posted.
·
An
interesting YouTube channel to watch, particularly for beginners, is
David Webb’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8sPGr787Ep8m2JCmkw0tA
And if you want to get in that much needed practice on your own, here are some self-learning tools:
·
Zyzzyva:.
Offered by Collins https://www.collinsdictionary.com/scrabble/scrabble-tools/, Zyzzyva is an
anagramming program typically downloaded on a computer. You can learn not just
basic lists but also list of words by probability of occurrence. Provides hooks
and meanings of every word. Make sure to use the Cardbox feature to only
re-learn those words you don’t know.
·
Anagram
Quizzer: An app that allows you to learn on the go. Typically free unless you
want to use special features of the program
·
Aerolith: www.aerolith.org
Quizzes of 2- 11 words provided daily. Plus word builder puzzles. These are to
be completed within a specified time. Helps cement word knowledge. Also provides
explanations of the words – with hooks and meanings.
·
Quackle: http://people.csail.mit.edu/jasonkb/quackle/ Helps to simulate
games and look at alternative plays (for more experienced players). This site http://www.word-buff.com/free-scrabble-game.html offers an easy ‘how-to-use’ method.
·
Xerafin: xerafin.net is a website to facilitate
learning words for Scrabble or other word games. It features anagramming
practice with build-in spaced repetition as well as other mini-games, leader
boards, and live chat which make it fun to learn. Visit it at https://www.xerafin.net/
using your google or Facebook login.
Resource People for any of the Word Tools above: If you’re finding it difficult to navigate any of these, you can
contact either of the word tool experts:
·
Ishika Shivalingaiah : ishika2k@yahoo.com
·
Rajveer S Rawlin: Samuelrr@yahoo.com
You can also read
Rajveer’s blog at https://rajveersscrabble.blogspot.com
(For those who don’t know him, Rajveer was the A division runner up at the
2019 GOA WESPAC tournament.)
Practice: Actually playing the game:
In these CoVid times,
apps and the internet rule! So the two places you can find other scrabblers
are:
· ScrabbleGo:
A free app on your phone that you can play on the go. Opponents can either be
your friends or random others. There is no time limit on a move or the game.
The software doesn’t allow you to make a fake word, so you learn as you play,
especially if you experiment with words. It also has a series of other single
person games that help with speed and anagramming.
·
Classic
Words: An app for Android phones. Helps with practicing game play.
· Internet
Scrabble Club (ISC): www.isc.ro.
This is where scrabblers converge for friendly matches and tornaments. You can
select the timing of your game, the type (whether you want to play VOID – where
you can only make correct words (like ScrabbleGo) – or challenge games with
penalties for making a fake word. Explore and choose the setting that suits you.
Every player has a “handle” that may or may not indicate their names. Some of
our favourite Delhi players are Rudish (actually super polite), Armpit (not
smelly!), Zephyr 19(very pleasant indeed) and Vandanag (that’s really her!)..
Once upon a time we used to have Scrabble
meet-ups, where we would meet to play games across a board. This differs from
playing on-line in several ways:
o
You have
to tile-track: you can’t see the remaining tiles in the bag at the click of a
button. If you’ve made a mistake in tracking the tiles played, you might lose a
game!
o
Board
vision: Many top-rated players have been making two-letter phoneys on ISC,
purely because of the difference being able to see the spots on the board.
o
Timing:
You have to press a clock and watch your time: not automatic as it is on-line.
If you forget to press the clock, you will be losing time.
So while it’s good to
get on-line practice, try to play across a board too. Hopefully, we will start
our scrabble meet-ups soon.
Wednesday 8 April 2020
Scrabble Words Containing Corona
Front
Hook
|
Word
|
Back
Hook
|
|
geocorona
|
es
|
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coronach
|
s
|
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coronae
|
|
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coronal
|
s
|
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coronally
|
|
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coronas
|
|
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coronary
|
|
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coronate
|
ds
|
Monday 18 March 2019
Probability or Playability?
The following or the probability and playability ranks of the above mentioned words:
Word
|
Probability
Rank
|
Playability
Rank
|
Amelcorn
|
5242
|
7427
|
Cornmeal
|
5243
|
8966
|
Cornrent
|
13944
|
3442
|
Naricorn
|
12588
|
3672
|
The pros will tell you that you are better of studying words words by playability and thus you should study the low probable but highly playable cornrent and naricorn ahead of the highly probably amelcorn/cornmeal.
Thursday 7 February 2019
Those Fish Related Words in Scrabble
ABLET - ABLET a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
ADOBO - ADOBO a
Philippine dish of fish or meat [n -S]
|
AHI - AHI a Hawaiian
fish ( yellowfin tuna or bigeye ) [n -S]
|
ALEVIN - ALEVIN a young
fish [n -S]
|
ALLICE - ALLICE a fish
of the shad family, also ALLIS [n -S]
|
ALLIS - ALLIS a fish of
the shad family, also ALLICE [n -ES]
|
AMIA - AMIA a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
ANABAS - ANABAS an E
Indian fish [n -ES]
|
ANABLEPS - ANABLEPS a freshwater fish [n -ES]
|
ANCHOVY - ANCHOVY a small
edible Mediterranean fish [n ANCHOVIES]
|
AQUAFARM - AQUAFARM to cultivate food fish [v -ED, -ING, -S]
|
ARAPAIMA - ARAPAIMA a large edible fish [n -S]
|
ARGULUS - ARGULUS a fish
louse [n ARGULI]
|
ASPIC - ASPIC jellied
meat or fish used as a glaze [n -S]
|
ATHERINE - ATHERINE a fish resembling the grey mullet [n -S]
|
AYU - AYU a small
fish [n -S]
|
BAITFISH - BAITFISH a fish used as bait [n -ES]
|
BAITING - BAITING fish or
worms used as bait [n -S]
|
BANDFISH - BANDFISH a bright-red Mediterranean fish, or other
ribbon-shaped fish [n -ES]
|
BARBEL - BARBEL a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
BARRA - BARRA ( Australian
slang ) short for BARRAMUNDI, an Australian fish [n -S]
|
BASS - BASS a type of
fish [n -ES] / low in pitch [ adj
BASSER, BASSEST]
|
BASSE - BASSE to fish
for bass [v BASSED, BASSING, BASSES]
|
BATFISH - BATFISH a fish
with wing-like projections [n -ES]
|
BERGYLT - BERGYLT a red
ocean fish [n -S]
|
BETTA - BETTA a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
BIGEYE - BIGEYE a marine
fish [n -S]
|
BILLFISH - BILLFISH a fish with long jaws [n -ES]
|
BLACKFIN - BLACKFIN an edible fish [n -S]
|
BLEAK - BLEAK a
freshwater fish [n -S] / {dreary=adj} [ adj
BLEAKER, BLEAKEST]
|
BLENNY - BLENNY a marine
fish [n BLENNIES]
|
BLOODFIN - BLOODFIN a freshwater fish [n -S]
|
BLOWFISH - BLOWFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
|
BLUEFISH - BLUEFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
|
BLUEHEAD - BLUEHEAD a marine fish [n -S]
|
BOARFISH - BOARFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
|
BONACI - BONACI an
edible fish [n -S]
|
BONEFISH - BONEFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
|
BOURRIDE - BOURRIDE a fish stew [n -S]
|
BOWFIN - BOWFIN a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
BOXFISH - BOXFISH a
marine fish [n -ES]
|
BRANDADE - BRANDADE a fish dish [n -S]
|
BRILL - BRILL a fish
spotted with white [n -S] / brilliant [ adj
BRILLER, BRILLEST]
|
BUMALO - BUMALO an
Indian fish dried as food, also BUMMALO, BUMALOTI [n pl.]
|
BUMALOTI - BUMALOTI an Indian fish dried as food, also BUMMALO,
BUMALO [n -S]
|
BUMMALO - BUMMALO an
Indian fish dried as food, also BUMALO, BUMALOTI [n BUMMALOS or BUMMALOTI]
|
BURBOT - BURBOT a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
BURLEY - BURLEY an
American thin-leaved tobacco [n -S] / to scatter fish bait on water [v -ED,
-ING, -S]
|
BYCATCH - BYCATCH an
immature fish [n -ES]
|
CALLOP - CALLOP an
Australian edible freshwater fish [n -S]
|
CANDIRU - CANDIRU a tiny
S. American fish which can swim into a body orifice,where it attaches itself
by means of a spine and feeds on blood and body tissue [n -S]
|
CARANGID - CARANGID a marine fish [n -S]
|
CATFISH - CATFISH a
scaleless, large-headed fish [n -ES]
|
CAVEFISH - CAVEFISH a sightless fish [n -ES]
|
CERO - CERO a large
food fish [n -S]
|
CEVICHE - CEVICHE a raw
fish hors d'oeuvre [n -S]
|
CHEVIN - CHEVIN the chub
a river fish [n -S]
|
CHIMAERA - CHIMAERA a marine fish [n -S]
|
CHIMERID - CHIMERID a type of fish [n -S]
|
CHIRO - CHIRO a marine
fish [n -S]
|
CHROMIDE - CHROMIDE a tropical fish [n -S]
|
CHUB - CHUB a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
CICHLID - CICHLID a
tropical fish [n -S]
|
CIOPPINO - CIOPPINO a spicy fish stew [n -S]
|
CISCO - CISCO a
freshwater fish [n CISCOS or CISCOES]
|
CLUPEID - CLUPEID a fish
of the herring family, also CLUPEOID [n -S]
|
CLUPEOID - CLUPEOID a fish of the herring family, also CLUPEID
[n -S]
|
COALFISH - COALFISH a dusky fish [n -ES]
|
COBIA - COBIA a large
game fish [n -S]
|
CORKWING - CORKWING a European fish of the wrasse family [n -S]
|
COSMIN - COSMIN a hard
substance in fish scales, also COSMINE [n -S]
|
COSMINE - COSMINE a hard
substance in fish scales, also COSMIN [n -S]
|
CREEL - CREEL to put
fish in a fish basket [v -ED, -ING, -S]
|
CREVALLE - CREVALLE a food and game fish [n -S]
|
CRUCIAN - CRUCIAN a
European fish [n -S]
|
CRUSIAN - CRUSIAN a type
of fish [n -S]
|
CUNNER - CUNNER a marine
fish [n -S]
|
CUSK - CUSK a marine
food fish [n -S]
|
CYPRINID - CYPRINID a small freshwater fish [n -S]
|
DACE - DACE a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
DANIO - DANIO an
aquarium fish [n -S]
|
DAPPER - DAPPER a
bouncing fish bait [n -S] / {spruce=adj} [ adj DAPPERER, DAPPEREST]
|
DASHI - DASHI a fish
broth [n -S]
|
DEALFISH - DEALFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
|
DEMIVEG - DEMIVEG a
person who eats no red meat, but eats poultry and fish [n -ES]
|
DENTEX - DENTEX a
voracious Mediterranean fish [n -ES]
|
DESCALE - DESCALE to
remove scales from fish [v DESCALED, DESCALING, DESCALES]
|
DIB - DIB to fish by
floating the bait, also DIBBLE [v DIBBED, DIBBING, DIBS]
|
DIBBLE - DIBBLE to fish
by floating the bait, also DIB [v DIBBLED, DIBBLING, DIBBLES]
|
DIPNET - DIPNET to scoop
fish [v DIPNETTED, DIPNETTING, DIPNETS]
|
DOPIAZA - DOPIAZA an
Indian dish, meat or fish in onion sauce [n -S]
|
DORAD - DORAD a South
American walking fish [n -S]
|
DORADO - DORADO a marine
fish [n -S]
|
DORE - DORE another
name for the fish walleye [n -S]
|
DRAGONET - DRAGONET a marine fish [n -S]
|
DRUMFISH - DRUMFISH a fish that makes a drumming sound [n -ES]
|
EEL - EEL a snakelike
fish [n -S]
|
EELPOUT - EELPOUT a
marine fish [n -S]
|
ESCOLAR - ESCOLAR a food
fish [n -S]
|
FALLFISH - FALLFISH a freshwater fish [n -ES]
|
FILEFISH - FILEFISH a bony fish with a leathery skin [n -ES]
|
FINFISH - FINFISH a true
fish [n -ES]
|
FIRKIN - FIRKIN a small
cask for liquids, butter or fish [n -S]
|
FISHBALL - FISHBALL a fish cake [n -S]
|
FISHBONE - FISHBONE a bone of a fish [n -S]
|
FISHBOWL - FISHBOWL a bowl in which live fish are kept [n -S]
|
FISHCAKE - FISHCAKE a cake made of fish and potato [n -S]
|
FISHERY - FISHERY a place
for catching fish [n FISHERIES]
|
FISHFUL - FISHFUL
containing many fish [ adj ]
|
FISHGIG - FISHGIG a
pronged implement for spearing fish [n -S]
|
FISHHOOK - FISHHOOK a barbed hook for catching fish [n -S]
|
FISHIFY - FISHIFY to turn
into fish [v FISHIFIED, FISHIFYING, FISHIFIES]
|
FISHING - FISHING the
sport of catching fish [n -S]
|
FISHKILL - FISHKILL the sudden destruction of large numbers of
fish [n -S]
|
FISHLESS - FISHLESS having no fish [ adj ]
|
FISHLIKE - FISHLIKE like a fish [ adj ]
|
FISHMEAL - FISHMEAL ground dried fish [n -S]
|
FISHNET - FISHNET a net
for catching fish [n -S]
|
FISHPOND - FISHPOND a pond for keeping fish [n -S]
|
FISHSKIN - FISHSKIN the skin of a fish [n -S]
|
FISHWAY - FISHWAY a
device for enabling fish to pass around a dam [n -S]
|
FISHWIFE - FISHWIFE a woman who sells fish [n FISHWIVES]
|
FISHY - FISHY
consisting of fish [ adj FISHIER,
FISHIEST]
|
FLATFISH - FLATFISH a marine fish that habitually lies on its
side [n -ES]
|
FLATHEAD - FLATHEAD a marine food fish [n -S]
|
FOGASH - FOGASH a fish
[n -ES]
|
FOOLFISH - FOOLFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
|
FROGFISH - FROGFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
|
FUGU - FUGU a
toxin-containing fish [n -S]
|
FUMADO - FUMADO a smoked
fish [n FUMADOS or FUMADOES]
|
GAFF - GAFF to catch a
fish with a sharp hook [v -ED, -ING, -S]
|
GAMBUSIA - GAMBUSIA a small fish [n -S]
|
GANOID - GANOID a type
of fish [n -S]
|
GANOIN - GANOIN the
outer hard layer on some fish scales, also GANOINE [n -S]
|
GANOINE - GANOINE the
outer hard layer on some fish scales, also GANOIN [n -S]
|
GARFISH - GARFISH a
freshwater fish [n -ES]
|
GED - GED a food fish
[n -S]
|
GEELBEK - GEELBEK a
yellow-jawed fish [n -S]
|
GEFILTE - GEFILTE as in
gefilte fish, a dish of fish stuffed with various ingredients, also GEFULLTE
[ adj ]
|
GEFULLTE - GEFULLTE as in gefulllte fish, a dish of fish stuffed
with various ingredients, also GEFILTE [ adj ]
|
GEMFISH - GEMFISH a
marine fish [n -ES]
|
GIG - GIG to catch
fish with a pronged spear [v GIGGED, GIGGING, GIGS]
|
GILL - GILL to catch
fish with a gill ( a type of net ) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
|
GILLER - GILLER one that
gills ( catches fish in a gill ) [n -S]
|
GILLNET - GILLNET to
catch fish in a gillnet [v GILLNETTED, GILLNETTING, GILLNETS]
|
GILTHEAD - GILTHEAD a marine fish [n -S]
|
GOATFISH - GOATFISH a tropical fish [n -ES]
|
GOBIID - GOBIID a fish
of the goby family, also GOBIOID [n -S]
|
GOBIOID - GOBIOID a fish
of the goby family, also GOBIID [n -S]
|
GOBY - GOBY a small
fish [n GOBIES]
|
GOLDEYE - GOLDEYE a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
GOLDFISH - GOLDFISH a freshwater fish [n -ES]
|
GOUJON - GOUJON a small
strip of fish deep fried [n -S]
|
GRAYLING - GRAYLING a food fish [n -S]
|
GREASIES - GREASIES fish and chips [n]
|
GREENEYE - GREENEYE a small W. Atlantic fish with pale green
eyes [n -S]
|
GROUPER - GROUPER a food
fish [n -S]
|
GRUNION - GRUNION a small
food fish [n -S]
|
GUDDLE - GUDDLE to catch
fish by hand, also GUMP [v GUDDLED, GUDDLING, GUDDLES]
|
GUMP - GUMP to catch
fish by hand, also GUDDLE [v -ED, -ING, -S]
|
GUNNEL - GUNNEL a marine
fish [n -S]
|
GUPPY - GUPPY a small
tropical fish [n GUPPIES]
|
GURRY - GURRY fish
offal [n GURRIES]
|
HADDOCK - HADDOCK a food
fish [n -S]
|
HAGFISH - HAGFISH a fish
which resembles an eel [n -ES]
|
HAIRTAIL - HAIRTAIL the cutlass fish [n -S]
|
HAKE - HAKE a marine
fish [n -S]
|
HALFBEAK - HALFBEAK a marine fish [n -S]
|
HEADFISH - HEADFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
|
HELLERI - HELLERI a
tropical fish [n HELLERIS or HELLERIES]
|
HERRING - HERRING a food
fish [n -S]
|
HOGFISH - HOGFISH a
tropical fish [n -ES]
|
HOKI - HOKI a type of
fish with white flesh [n -S]
|
HOUTING - HOUTING a type
of fish [n -S]
|
ICH - ICH a disease
of certain fish [n -S] / to {eke=v} [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
|
ICHTHIC - ICHTHIC
relating to fish [ adj ]
|
ICHTHYIC - ICHTHYIC pertaining to fish [ adj ]
|
ICHTHYS - ICHTHYS a fish
emblem symbolizing Christ [n -ES]
|
IDE - IDE a European
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
IKAN - IKAN fish as an
ingredient of Malaysian cooking [n -S]
|
JACKFISH - JACKFISH a food fish [n JACKFISHES or JACKFISH]
|
JEWFISH - JEWFISH a large
marine fish [n -ES]
|
JUREL - JUREL a food
fish [n -S]
|
KABELJOU - KABELJOU a large food fish [n -S]
|
KAHAWAI - KAHAWAI a large
fish [n -S]
|
KEEPNET - KEEPNET a net
for holding fish alive in a river [n -S]
|
KENCH - KENCH a bin for
salting fish [n -ES]
|
KILLIE - KILLIE a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
KINGFISH - KINGFISH a marine food fish [n -ES]
|
KINGKLIP - KINGKLIP a marine food fish [n -S]
|
KIPPER - KIPPER to cure
fish by salting and smoking [v -ED, -ING, -S]
|
KOI - KOI a large
colourful fish [n -S]
|
KOKANEE - KOKANEE a food
fish [n -S]
|
KOKOPU - KOKOPU any of
several small freshwater fish of New Zealand [n -S]
|
LABROID - LABROID a
marine fish [n -S]
|
LAKER - LAKER a lake
fish [n -S]
|
LEDGER - LEDGER to fish
with a ledger-line [v -ED, -ING, -S]
|
LINGCOD - LINGCOD a
marine food fish [n -S]
|
LIONFISH - LIONFISH a tropical fish [n -ES]
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LOACH - LOACH a
freshwater fish [n -ES]
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LOBEFIN - LOBEFIN a bony
fish [n -S]
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LOBSTER - LOBSTER to fish
for a large strong-clawed edible crustacean [v -ED, -ING, -S]
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LOOKDOWN - LOOKDOWN a marine fish [n -S]
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LOUVAR - LOUVAR a large
silvery whalelike scombroid fish [n -S]
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LUCE - LUCE a freshwater fish [n -S]
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LUDERICK - LUDERICK an estuarine and rock fish of Australia [n
-S]
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LUMPFISH - LUMPFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
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LUNGFISH - LUNGFISH a type of fish [n -ES]
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LUNKER - LUNKER a large
game fish [n -S]
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LYTHE - LYTHE a common
fish of the cod family [n -S]
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MACHI - MACHI (
Hinglish ) as in machi chips, fish and chips [ adj ]
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MACKEREL - MACKEREL a marine food fish [n -S]
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MAHIMAHI - MAHIMAHI a Hawaiian food fish [n -S]
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MAIGRE - MAIGRE a large
Mediterranean food fish [n -S]
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MAOMAO - MAOMAO a New
Zealand fish [n -S]
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MARLIN - MARLIN a marine
game fish [n -S]
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MATELOTE - MATELOTE a fish stew [n -S]
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MENDIGO - MENDIGO a
freshwater fish [n -S]
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MENHADEN - MENHADEN a marine fish [n -S]
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MENOMINI - MENOMINI a small white fish [n -S]
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MERCHILD - MERCHILD a fish with the body of a child [n
MERCHILDREN]
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MERFOLK - MERFOLK fish
people [n -S]
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MILKFISH - MILKFISH a marine food fish [n -ES]
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MILT - MILT to
impregnate with fish sperm [v -ED, -ING, -S]
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MILTER - MILTER a male fish at breeding time [n -S]
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MOJARRA - MOJARRA a
marine fish [n -S]
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MOLA - MOLA a marine
fish [n -S]
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MONKFISH - MONKFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
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MOONEYE - MOONEYE a
freshwater fish [n -S]
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MOONFISH - MOONFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
|
MORWONG - MORWONG an
Australian fish [n -S]
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MUDFISH - MUDFISH a fish
found in muddy water [n -ES]
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MULLOWAY - MULLOWAY a large Australian fish [n -S]
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MURAENA - MURAENA a food
fish of the Romans, also MURENA [n -S]
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MURENA - MURENA a food
fish of the Romans, also MURAENA [n -S]
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MUSKIE - MUSKIE a
freshwater fish [n -S]
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MUSPIKE - MUSPIKE a
freshwater fish [n -S]
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NANUA - NANUA a New
Zealand sea fish [n -S]
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NIGIRI - NIGIRI a small
oval block of cold rice, wasabi and fish [n -S]
|
NUMBFISH - NUMBFISH a fish capable of emitting electric shocks
[n -ES]
|
OARFISH - OARFISH a
marine fish [n -ES]
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OLDWIFE - OLDWIFE a
marine fish [n OLDWIVES]
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ONO - ONO a Hawaiian
fish [n -S]
|
OOLACHAN - OOLACHAN a marine food fish [n -S]
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OPAH - OPAH a marine
fish [n -S]
|
ORFE - ORFE a
golden-yellow fish [n -S]
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OTTER - OTTER to fish
with a board of baited lines [v -ED, -ING, -S]
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OVERFISH - OVERFISH to deplete the fish supply too much [v -ED,
-ING, -ES]
|
PAKOKO - PAKOKO ( New
Zealand ) a small freshwater fish [n -S]
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PANCHAX - PANCHAX a
tropical fish [n -ES]
|
PANFISH - PANFISH any
small fish that can be fried whole [n -ES]
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PARGO - PARGO a food
fish [n -S]
|
PARORE - PARORE a type
of fish found around New Zealand and Australia [n -S]
|
PARVOLIN - PARVOLIN an oily liquid obtained from fish [n -S]
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PEGASUS - PEGASUS a type
of small fish [n -ES]
|
PENK - PENK a minnow,
a small fish [n -S]
|
PERCINE - PERCINE
pertaining to fish of the perch family [ adj ]
|
PERCOID - PERCOID a
spiny-finned fish [n -S]
|
PETRALE - PETRALE a type
of sole fish [n -S]
|
PICKEREL - PICKEREL a freshwater fish [n -S]
|
PIGFISH - PIGFISH a
marine fish [n -ES]
|
PILCHARD - PILCHARD a small marine fish [n -S]
|
PINFISH - PINFISH a small
marine fish [n -ES]
|
PINTANO - PINTANO a
tropical fish [n -S]
|
PIPEFISH - PIPEFISH a slender fish [n -ES]
|
PIRARUCU - PIRARUCU a large food fish [n -S]
|
PLACOID - PLACOID a fish
having platelike scales [n -S]
|
PLATY - PLATY a small tropical
fish [n PLATIES or PLATYS] / split into thin, flat pieces [ adj PLATIER, PLATIEST]
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POGGE - POGGE a fish
with bony scales [n -S]
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POGY - POGY a marine
fish [n POGIES]
|
POISSON - POISSON a fish
[n -S]
|
POMFRET - POMFRET a
marine fish [n -S]
|
POMPANO - POMPANO a
marine food fish [n -S]
|
PRAWN - PRAWN to fish
for edible shellfish [v -ED, -ING, -S]
|
PUPFISH - PUPFISH a
small, freshwater fish [n -ES]
|
RASBORA - RASBORA a
tropical fish [n -S]
|
RASCASSE - RASCASSE the scorpion fish [n -S]
|
RATFISH - RATFISH a
marine fish [n -ES]
|
RATTAIL - RATTAIL a
marine fish [n -S]
|
REDBELLY - REDBELLY the char or other red-bellied fish [n
REDBELLIES]
|
REDFIN - REDFIN a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
REDHORSE - REDHORSE a freshwater fish [n -S]
|
REMORA - REMORA a type
of marine fish [n -S]
|
REPEREPE - REPEREPE the elephant fish, a large fish of the
Pacific with a trunk-like snout [n -S]
|
RIPPIER - RIPPIER a
person who transports fish inland to sell [n -S]
|
RISSOLE - RISSOLE a small
ball filled with meat or fish [n -S]
|
ROBALO - ROBALO a marine
food fish [n -S]
|
ROCKFISH - ROCKFISH a fish living around rocks [n -ES]
|
ROCKLING - ROCKLING a marine fish [n -S]
|
ROSEFISH - ROSEFISH a marine fish food [n -ES]
|
RUDD - RUDD a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
SAIBLING - SAIBLING a freshwater fish [n -S]
|
SAILFISH - SAILFISH a large marine fish [n -ES]
|
SALMON - SALMON a food
fish [n -S]
|
SALMONID - SALMONID a fish of the salmon family [n -S]
|
SANDFISH - SANDFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
|
SANDLING - SANDLING a marine fish [n -S]
|
SARGO - SARGO a fish [n
-S]
|
SARGOS - SARGOS a fish
[n -ES]
|
SARGUS - SARGUS a fish
[n -ES]
|
SASHIMI - SASHIMI a
Japanese dish of sliced raw fish [n -S]
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SAUGER - SAUGER a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
SAUREL - SAUREL a marine
fish [n -S]
|
SAURY - SAURY a marine
fish [n SAURIES]
|
SAWFISH - SAWFISH a
marine fish [n -ES]
|
SCAD - SCAD a marine
fish [n -S]
|
SCALARE - SCALARE a
tropical fish [n -S]
|
SCHELLY - SCHELLY a
freshwater white fish of the Lake District [n SCHELLIES]
|
SCIAENID - SCIAENID a carnivorous fish [n -S]
|
SCOMBRID - SCOMBRID a fish of the mackerel genus [n -S]
|
SCOPELID - SCOPELID a deepwater fish [n -S]
|
SCULPIN - SCULPIN a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
SCUP - SCUP a marine
fish food, also SCUPPAUG [n -S]
|
SCUPPAUG - SCUPPAUG a marine fish food, also SCUP [n -S]
|
SEAFOOD - SEAFOOD edible
fish or shellfish from the sea [n -S]
|
SEAN - SEAN to catch
fish in a net [v -ED, -ING, -S]
|
SEAROBIN - SEAROBIN a marine fish [n -S]
|
SEATROUT - SEATROUT a marine fish [n -S]
|
SEAWIFE - SEAWIFE a kind
of wrasse, a bony fish [n SEAWIVES]
|
SEINE - SEINE to catch
fish with a hanging net [v SEINED, SEINING, SEINES]
|
SEIR - SEIR a fish of
the mackerel family [n -S]
|
SERRAN - SERRAN a fish
[n -S]
|
SERRANID - SERRANID a marine fish [n -S]
|
SEVICHE - SEVICHE a dish
of raw fish [n -S]
|
SEVRUGA - SEVRUGA a fish
[n -S]
|
SHAD - SHAD a food
fish [n -S]
|
SHANNY - SHANNY a marine
fish [n SHANNIES]
|
SHOTTEN - SHOTTEN having
spawned ( fish ) [ adj ]
|
SKIPJACK - SKIPJACK a marine fish [n -S]
|
SNIGGLE - SNIGGLE to fish
for eels [v SNIGGLED, SNIGGLING, SNIGGLES]
|
SOCKEYE - SOCKEYE a food
fish [n -S]
|
SPLAKE - SPLAKE a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
SQUID - SQUID to fish
for ten-armed marine mollusks [v SQUIDDED, SQUIDDING, SQUIDS]
|
STEWPOND - STEWPOND a fish pond [n -S]
|
STINGRAY - STINGRAY a flat-bodied marine fish [n -S]
|
STRIPER - STRIPER a food
fish [n -S]
|
STUDFISH - STUDFISH a freshwater fish [n -ES]
|
STURGEON - STURGEON an edible fish [n -S]
|
SUNFISH - SUNFISH a
marine fish [n -ES]
|
SURFFISH - SURFFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
|
SURIMI - SURIMI an
inexpensive fish product [n -S]
|
SUSHI - SUSHI a dish of
cold rice cakes topped with raw fish [n -S]
|
SWEETLIP - SWEETLIP an Australian fish [n -S]
|
TAILFIN - TAILFIN a fin
at the posterior end of a fish [n -S]
|
TARPON - TARPON a marine
game fish [n -S]
|
TARWHINE - TARWHINE an Australian fish [n -S]
|
TELEOST - TELEOST a bony
fish [n -S]
|
TENCH - TENCH a
freshwater fish [n -ES]
|
TERAGLIN - TERAGLIN an edible marine fish of Australia [n -S]
|
TETRA - TETRA a
tropical fish [n -S]
|
TIDDLER - TIDDLER a small
fish [n -S]
|
TILAPIA - TILAPIA an
African fish [n -S]
|
TILEFISH - TILEFISH a marine food fish [n -ES]
|
TOADFISH - TOADFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
|
TOGUE - TOGUE a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
TOMCOD - TOMCOD a marine
fish [n -S]
|
TORSK - TORSK a marine
food fish [n -S]
|
TRAWL - TRAWL to fish
by dragging a net along the bottom of the sea [v -ED, -ING, -S]
|
TREVALLY - TREVALLY a fish [n TREVALLIES or TREVALLYS]
|
TROLL - TROLL to fish
with a slowly trailing line [v -ED, -ING, -S]
|
TROUT - TROUT a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
TUBFISH - TUBFISH the
gurnard fish [n -ES]
|
TULADI - TULADI a
freshwater fish [n -S]
|
TULLIBEE - TULLIBEE a freshwater fish [n -S]
|
TUNA - TUNA a marine
food fish [n -S]
|
TUNNY - TUNNY a tuna
fish [n TUNNIES]
|
TYEE - TYEE a food
fish [n -S]
|
VENDACE - VENDACE a
European fish [n -S]
|
VENTRAL - VENTRAL a fin
located on the underside of a fish [n -S]
|
WAREHOU - WAREHOU any of
several edible New Zealand fish [n -S]
|
WARMOUTH - WARMOUTH a fish [n -S]
|
WARSAW - WARSAW a marine
fish [n -S]
|
WEAKFISH - WEAKFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
|
WEEVER - WEEVER a marine
fish [n -S]
|
WIRRAH - WIRRAH a
saltwater fish with bright blue spots [n -S]
|
WOLFFISH - WOLFFISH a marine fish [n -ES]
|
WRASSE - WRASSE a marine
fish [n -S]
|
YABBIE - YABBIE a small
freshwater crayfish, also YABBY [n -S] / to fish for yabbies [v YABBIED,
YABBIES]
|
YABBY - YABBY to fish
for small freshwater crayfish [v YABBIED, YABBYING, YABBIES]
|
ZANDER - ZANDER a fish
[n -S]
|
ZINGEL - ZINGEL a fish
[n -S]
|