s 1 q 10 u 1 a 1 n 1 d 2 e 1 r 1
8 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb spend thoughtlessly; throw away
verb spend extravagantly
originEarliest uses (late 16th c.) "to spend recklessly or prodigiously", also "to scatter over a wide area". Of unknown origin. Perhaps a blend of scatter + wander. Compare Danish skvætte (rare)/skvatte (“to splash”) (nominalised: skvæt), Icelandic skvetta (“to squirt”), Swedish skvätta (“to splash”), Norwegian Bokmål skvette.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
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- squad 15
- quare 14
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- qua 12