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11 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
noun English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
originInherited from Middle English nyghtyngale, nightingale, niȝtingale, alteration (with intrusive n) of nyghtgale, nightegale, from Old English nihtegala, nihtegale (“nightingale; night-raven”, literally “night-singer”), from Proto-West Germanic *nahtigalā (“nightingale”), equivalent to a compound of night + gale. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Noachtegoal (“nightingale”), Dutch nachtegaal…
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- neighing 13
- atheling 12
- inhaling 12
- naething 12
- hanging 12
- hinging 12
- nighing 12
- gahnite 11