b 3 a 1 d 2 m 3 o 1 u 1 t 1 h 4
8 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb speak unfavorably about
originCalque of a Mande term, perhaps Vai [Term?] or Mandinka [Term?], which entered English via Gullah [Term?]. Compare Japanese 悪口(わるぐち) (waruguchi, “badmouthing”), which is a compound of 悪(わる) (waru, “bad, wicked”) and 口(くち) (kuchi, “mouth”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
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- thumb 12
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- butoh 10
- dumbo 10
- mouth 10
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- baht 9
- bahu 9
- bath 9