5 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
originFrom Middle English mychen, müchen (“to rob, steal, pilfer”), from Old English *mȳċan (“to steal”), from Proto-West Germanic *mūkijan, from Proto-Germanic *mūkijaną (“to waylay, ambush, hide, rob”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mewg- (“swindler, thief”). Cognate with Scots mich, myche (“to steal”), Saterland Frisian mogeln (“to act secretively and deceitfully”), Dutch mokkelen (“to…
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