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8-Letter Words (89):
alkalify (18 points)
""To convert into an alkali, also ALKALISE, ALKALIZE""
A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+L·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 18 pts
backstay (19 points)
Part of a ship's rigging
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+T·1+A·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
basketry (17 points)
Craft that uses wicker
Weaver's skill
Summer camp activity
B·3+A·1+S·1+K·5+E·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
biweekly (20 points)
How some are paid
100 times a year, roughly
B·3+I·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+K·5+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
blackboy (21 points)
An Australian grass-tree
B·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+O·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
blackfly (22 points)
Garden pest
A thrips or aphid that infests beans, etc.
B·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+F·4+L·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
brokenly (17 points)
Not, by the sound of it, holy as Brother Kenneth in the beginning
B·3+R·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
bullocky (19 points)
Like a bullock
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 19 pts
cheekily (20 points)
In an impudent manner
C·3+H·4+E·1+E·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
chickory (22 points)
""A perennial herb, also CHICORY, CHICCORY""
C·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+K·5+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
chunkily (20 points)
In a chunky manner
C·3+H·4+U·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
crankily (17 points)
In a grumpy manner
C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
creakily (17 points)
In a creaky manner
C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
croakily (17 points)
In a croaky manner
C·3+R·1+O·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
crockery (19 points)
Cups and saucers, etc.
China has many an ornamental garden
Cold alpine area in China
C·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
crookery (17 points)
Crooked activity
C·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
finnicky (20 points)
""Difficult to please, also FINICKY""
F·4+I·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 20 pts
flackery (20 points)
Publicity
F·4+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
flickery (20 points)
Flickering
F·4+L·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
folksily (18 points)
In a folksy manner
F·4+O·1+L·1+K·5+S·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
forkedly (19 points)
In a forked manner
F·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
freakily (18 points)
In a freaky manner
F·4+R·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
friskily (18 points)
In a playful manner
F·4+R·1+I·1+S·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
frolicky (20 points)
Playful
F·4+R·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 20 pts
garlicky (18 points)
Types of meals vampires avoid (wordplay)
Like some Italian cooking
Rhodes sandwiches taste like aioli
G·2+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 18 pts
gimmicky (22 points)
Full of new devices Slang.
A little too clever
Designed to catch publicity
G·2+I·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 22 pts
hillocky (20 points)
{hilly=adj}
H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 20 pts
hokypoky (27 points)
Ice cream sold on the street
H·4+O·1+K·5+Y·4+P·3+O·1+K·5+Y·4 = 27 pts
hummocky (24 points)
Abounding in hummocks
H·4+U·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 24 pts
inkberry (17 points)
Fruit of the pokeweed.
Fruit of various North American shrubs of the holly family
I·1+N·1+K·5+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
jackstay (24 points)
Part of a ship's rigging
J·8+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+T·1+A·1+Y·4 = 24 pts
jokingly (23 points)
Joseph regal tongue-in-cheek
In jest
J·8+O·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 23 pts
kazatsky (28 points)
""A Russian folk dance, also KAZACHOK, KAZATSKI""
K·5+A·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 28 pts
kielbasy (17 points)
Spicy sausage
K·5+I·1+E·1+L·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
kissably (17 points)
In a kissable manner
K·5+I·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
knackery (21 points)
A knacker's yard
K·5+N·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
knightly (19 points)
Monarch regularly being chivalrous
Up to Camelot standards
Valiant and chivalrous
K·5+N·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
knottily (15 points)
With complexity
K·5+N·1+O·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
kolinsky (19 points)
Asian mink or its fur
Species of mink found in eastern Asia
Species of mink found in Asia
K·5+O·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 19 pts
kolkhosy (22 points)
Kolkhos
K·5+O·1+L·1+K·5+H·4+O·1+S·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
kolkhozy (31 points)
Kolkhoz
K·5+O·1+L·1+K·5+H·4+O·1+Z·10+Y·4 = 31 pts
lackaday (18 points)
Woe is me, that leaves me one day short!
Sorry to get 24 hours off (wordplay)
For instance, no Sun. in short? Oh dear!
L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+D·2+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
latchkey (20 points)
Opener of sorts
Item on a tenant's ring
Opener of some gates
L·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
malarkey (17 points)
Relative of soft soap
Nonsense! An alarm is set off by the key
Cheeky device to open absurd talk
M·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
markedly (18 points)
Quite a bit
In a clearly noticeable manner
In a pronounced way.
M·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
mullocky (19 points)
Containing mullock
M·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 19 pts
musketry (17 points)
Shooting deer, shot holding end of rifle
Old guns sum up last half of joke it gets the crowd going at Aviva
The Guardian finally kick the bucket: editor held in compiler's arms
M·3+U·1+S·1+K·5+E·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
peacocky (21 points)
{vain=adj}
P·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 21 pts
picnicky (21 points)
Pertaining to a picnic
P·3+I·1+C·3+N·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 21 pts
pluckily (19 points)
In a plucky manner
P·3+L·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
quackery (26 points)
Fraudulent medical practice
Charlatan's work
Dishonesty of a charlatan
Q·10+U·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 26 pts
quirkily (24 points)
In a charmingly odd way
In an odd way
Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 24 pts
rakishly (18 points)
How a hat may be worn
R·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
rockaway (20 points)
Four-wheeled carriage with a fixed top
New York City beach
R·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
rocketry (17 points)
The science of getting higher (wordplay)
Study of space vehicles
Stun English judge of propulsion study
R·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
rollicky (17 points)
Sportive: Colloq.
Sportive Colloq.
R·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 17 pts
schlocky (22 points)
Like really bad goods
Cheap and inferior
Cheap, in slanguage
S·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 22 pts
sickerly (17 points)
{securely=adv}
S·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
sicklily (17 points)
In a sickly manner
S·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
skimpily (19 points)
In a skimpy manner
S·1+K·5+I·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
skittery (15 points)
On pins and needles
Easily frightened
Restless
S·1+K·5+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
slinkily (15 points)
In a slinky manner
S·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
sneakily (15 points)
In a devious manner
Like a thief in the night
In a furtive manner
S·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
snickery (17 points)
Tending to snicker
S·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
sovkhozy (30 points)
Sovkhoz
S·1+O·1+V·4+K·5+H·4+O·1+Z·10+Y·4 = 30 pts
sparkily (17 points)
In a lively manner
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
spookery (17 points)
Something spooky
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
spookily (17 points)
How deja vu often occurs
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
spunkily (17 points)
In a spunky manner
S·1+P·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
stalkily (15 points)
In a stalky manner
S·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
staticky (17 points)
Full of electrical interference
Like out-of-range stations
Like clothes fresh out of the dryer, sometimes
S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 17 pts
stickily (17 points)
In a maudlin manner
S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
stockily (17 points)
In a stocky manner
S·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
swankily (18 points)
In a swanky manner
S·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
takeaway (18 points)
Subtract 12 add 25, perhaps (wordplay)
Remove a burger (wordplay)
Remove an Indian perhaps
T·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
takingly (16 points)
In an attractive manner
T·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
thickety (20 points)
Pertaining to a {thicket=n}
T·1+H·4+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+T·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
tokology (16 points)
""A branch of medicine dealing with childbirth, also TOCOLOGY""
T·1+O·1+K·5+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 16 pts
trackway (20 points)
A trodden path
T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
trickery (17 points)
Con artist's forte
Practice of deception
Cunning deceit
T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
trickily (17 points)
In a tricky manner
T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
tussocky (17 points)
Clumpy grass
T·1+U·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 17 pts
unkindly (16 points)
In an inconsiderate way
In a hardhearted way
In an inconsiderate manner
U·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
unkingly (16 points)
Not kingly
U·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
unlikely (15 points)
Not expected (to happen)
Not expected to happen
Not at all probable
U·1+N·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
walkaway (21 points)
' Renee' (1960s hit)
One way to avoid a potential scene
One entering path to win with ease
W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
whiskery (21 points)
Unshaven king drowning in Irish drink
With facial hair
Scotch queen protected from displaying facial hair
W·4+H·4+I·1+S·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
wickedly (21 points)
In a decidedly evil manner
In a morally bad way
How some witches do their work
W·4+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
workaday (19 points)
King in roadway abused pedestrian
Take almost the whole week off from routine
Unremarkable path involving kilometres in tortuous road
W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+A·1+D·2+A·1+Y·4 = 19 pts

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