6 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
noun walking with your feet in shallow water
verb walk (through relatively shallow water)
verb compress into a wad
originEtymology tree English wade Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English wading From wade + -ing.
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