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9 letters · 24 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun reddish brown North American marmot
originFolk-etymological adaption of Cree ocêk, otchek (“fisher”), Ojibwe ojiig (“fisher, marten”), or a similar term in a related Algonquian language, subsequently reapplied to the groundhog. An earlier form of this word, woodshock, still sometimes designates the marten. Also a doublet of wejack.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- chowk 17
- chock 16
- chuck 16
- cuckoo 14
- chook 14
- howk 14
- cowk 13
- hock 13
- huck 13
- wock 13
- choco 12
- cooch 12