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.

Those Fish Related Words in Scrabble

There are quite a few fish related words in scrabble over 375 of them in fact. Here is the complete list courtesy Mohan Chunkath:

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]

LOACH    - LOACH a freshwater fish [n -ES]

LOBEFIN  - LOBEFIN a bony fish [n -S]

LOBSTER  - LOBSTER to fish for a large strong-clawed edible crustacean [v -ED, -ING, -S]

LOOKDOWN - LOOKDOWN a marine fish [n -S]

LOUVAR   - LOUVAR a large silvery whalelike scombroid fish [n -S]

LUCE     - LUCE a freshwater fish [n -S]

LUDERICK - LUDERICK an estuarine and rock fish of Australia [n -S]

LUMPFISH - LUMPFISH a marine fish [n -ES]

LUNGFISH - LUNGFISH a type of fish [n -ES]

LUNKER   - LUNKER a large game fish [n -S]

LYTHE    - LYTHE a common fish of the cod family [n -S]

MACHI    - MACHI ( Hinglish ) as in machi chips, fish and chips [ adj ]

MACKEREL - MACKEREL a marine food fish [n -S]

MAHIMAHI - MAHIMAHI a Hawaiian food fish [n -S]

MAIGRE   - MAIGRE a large Mediterranean food fish [n -S]

MAOMAO   - MAOMAO a New Zealand fish [n -S]

MARLIN   - MARLIN a marine game fish [n -S]

MATELOTE - MATELOTE a fish stew [n -S]

MENDIGO  - MENDIGO a freshwater fish [n -S]

MENHADEN - MENHADEN a marine fish [n -S]

MENOMINI - MENOMINI a small white fish [n -S]

MERCHILD - MERCHILD a fish with the body of a child [n MERCHILDREN]

MERFOLK  - MERFOLK fish people [n -S]

MILKFISH - MILKFISH a marine food fish [n -ES]

MILT     - MILT to impregnate with fish sperm [v -ED, -ING, -S]

MILTER   - MILTER a male fish at breeding time [n -S]

MOJARRA  - MOJARRA a marine fish [n -S]

MOLA     - MOLA a marine fish [n -S]

MONKFISH - MONKFISH a marine fish [n -ES]

MOONEYE  - MOONEYE a freshwater fish [n -S]

MOONFISH - MOONFISH a marine fish [n -ES]

MORWONG  - MORWONG an Australian fish [n -S]

MUDFISH  - MUDFISH a fish found in muddy water [n -ES]

MULLOWAY - MULLOWAY a large Australian fish [n -S]

MURAENA  - MURAENA a food fish of the Romans, also MURENA [n -S]

MURENA   - MURENA a food fish of the Romans, also MURAENA [n -S]

MUSKIE   - MUSKIE a freshwater fish [n -S]

MUSPIKE  - MUSPIKE a freshwater fish [n -S]

NANUA    - NANUA a New Zealand sea fish [n -S]

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]

OLDWIFE  - OLDWIFE a marine fish [n OLDWIVES]

ONO      - ONO a Hawaiian fish [n -S]

OOLACHAN - OOLACHAN a marine food fish [n -S]

OPAH     - OPAH a marine fish [n -S]

ORFE     - ORFE a golden-yellow fish [n -S]

OTTER    - OTTER to fish with a board of baited lines [v -ED, -ING, -S]

OVERFISH - OVERFISH to deplete the fish supply too much [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

PAKOKO   - PAKOKO ( New Zealand ) a small freshwater fish [n -S]

PANCHAX  - PANCHAX a tropical fish [n -ES]

PANFISH  - PANFISH any small fish that can be fried whole [n -ES]

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]

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]

POGGE    - POGGE a fish with bony scales [n -S]

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]

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]