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8 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
originFrom Middle English sloworm (possibly influenced by slow), from Old English slāwyrm (“slow-worm, blindworm”), from *slā, related to Norwegian slo (“slow-worm”), Swedish slå (“slow-worm”) + wyrm (“worm, snake”). Compare Swedish ormslå.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0