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9 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
originFrom worry + wart, apparently chosen for alliteration. Presumably related to earlier worryguts. Attested 1956, but earlier examples are found in newspapers of the 1930s and 1940s.
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