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8-Letter Words (94):
sabering (11 points)
Saber
S·1+A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
sauteing (9 points)
Frying quickly in hot fat
Pan-frying
Quickly frying
S·1+A·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
scending (12 points)
Scend
S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
scenting (11 points)
Bloodhound's skill
Grass receives money for detecting
Catching a whiff of
S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
scheming (16 points)
Cultivating plots (wordplay)
Given to machinations
Plotting secretly
S·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts
screwing (14 points)
Goofing, with "up"
Confess about team cheating
Fouling (up)
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
seagoing (10 points)
Able to sail in deep waters
Suitable for ocean voyages
Suitable for ocean journeys
S·1+E·1+A·1+G·2+O·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
seceding (12 points)
Busting up a union (wordplay)
Withdrawing from a union
Withdrawing from a group.
S·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
securing (11 points)
Padlock's purpose
Getting hold of
Getting the gun, cries 'Run!'
S·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
sedating (10 points)
Putting out (wordplay)
Putting out, in a way
Nurse's work, at times
S·1+E·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
seducing (12 points)
Doing a strip tease, say
Leading sexually astray
Activity for Casanova
S·1+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
seedling (10 points)
Babe in a nursery (wordplay)
Baby tree for example
Super young plant
S·1+E·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
seething (12 points)
Bubbling, perhaps with rage
Perhaps I sound like one on the boil
Perhaps I sound 33 across
S·1+E·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
segueing (10 points)
Starting a new movement
Smoothly transitioning
S·1+E·1+G·2+U·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
seladang (10 points)
""A wild ox, also SALADANG, SLADANG""
S·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
serrying (12 points)
Serry
S·1+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
settling (9 points)
Occurrence during shipping
Coming to rest or paying a bill
Coming to agreeable terms
S·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
severing (12 points)
Cutting, as ties
Cutting always into the short singular
Cutting grass outside always
S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
sewering (12 points)
Providing with sewers
S·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
sheafing (15 points)
Sheaf
S·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+F·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
shealing (12 points)
A shepherd's hut
S·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
shearing (12 points)
George - - (jazz pianist)
Woolgathering activity (wordplay)
Taking a coat sheepishly (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
sheaving (15 points)
Sheave
S·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
shedding (14 points)
Pet peeve, perhaps
Releasing, tears or skin say
Periodic activity of snakes
S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
sheening (12 points)
Sheen
S·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
sheepdog (15 points)
Border collie, for one
Animal twofer (wordplay)
What Bo Peep could have used (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+P·3+D·2+O·1+G·2 = 15 pts
sheering (12 points)
Swerving off course
S·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
sheeting (12 points)
Cotton or linen material.
Bed linen material
Notice cut in smart cloth
S·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
shelling (12 points)
Hitting everything, perhaps
Make an explosive song about Hades
Spending, with "out"
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
shelving (15 points)
Placing into a bookcase
Putting on hold
Postponing visit, initially in broken English
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
shending (13 points)
Shend
S·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
shieling (12 points)
Scottish shepherd's hut is an improved English one
S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
shrewing (15 points)
Shrew
S·1+H·4+R·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
sideling (10 points)
Sloping
S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
sidelong (10 points)
Like some glances
Like indirect glances
Furtive, perhaps
S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
sinewing (12 points)
Sinew
S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
singeing (10 points)
Scorching superficially
Burning cigarette-end - giving voice about it!
Burning superficially
S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
skeining (13 points)
Winding yarn
S·1+K·5+E·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
skelping (15 points)
A {smacking=n}
S·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
sleaving (12 points)
Separating into filaments, as silk
S·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
sledding (11 points)
Snow-day activity
Fun on a snow day
Winter fun
S·1+L·1+E·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
sledging (11 points)
Going downhill fast (wordplay)
Using a toboggan
Tobogganing; abusing batsman
S·1+L·1+E·1+D·2+G·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
sleeking (13 points)
The act of making smooth
S·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
sleeping (11 points)
Enjoying some R.E.M. (wordplay)
Not come to
Occupation for babies.
S·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
sleeting (9 points)
Coming down hard (wordplay)
Shooting pellets (wordplay)
Coming down coldly on errant gent's lie
S·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
sleeving (12 points)
Fitting with a tubular part
S·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
smearing (11 points)
Campaigner's calumnious act
Tactic used in some campaigns
Wrecking a rep
S·1+M·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
smeeking (15 points)
Smeek
S·1+M·3+E·1+E·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
smelling (11 points)
Sniffing at (something)
Picking up some perfume (wordplay)
Tasting the air
S·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
smelting (11 points)
Heating (ore) to extract metal
Extracting (metal) from ore by heating
Coke user's activity
S·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
smerking (15 points)
Smerk
S·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
sneaking (13 points)
Type of suspicion
Kind of suspicion
Acting furtive, with "around"
S·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
sneaping (11 points)
Sneap
S·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
snedding (11 points)
Sned
S·1+N·1+E·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
sneering (9 points)
Looking with disapproval
Jibing, with "at"
Showing scorn or contempt
S·1+N·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
sneezing (18 points)
Reacting to pollen, say
Inviting a blessing (wordplay)
Certain dwarf's weakness
S·1+N·1+E·1+E·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 18 pts
snelling (9 points)
Snell
S·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
sobering (11 points)
Coming to one's senses.
Causing to become thoughtful
Like a serious issue
S·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
speaking (15 points)
Saying something
Sing about the top without singing
Conversing quietly in a helicopter
S·1+P·3+E·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
speaning (11 points)
Spean
S·1+P·3+E·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
spearing (11 points)
Fishing in a way
Primitive hunting method
Piercing whistle catching fruit
S·1+P·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
speccing (15 points)
Spec
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
specking (17 points)
Speck
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts
speeding (12 points)
Activity of some demons
Going too fast
Travelling over the limit
S·1+P·3+E·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
speeling (11 points)
Speel
S·1+P·3+E·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
speering (11 points)
An {inquiry=n}
S·1+P·3+E·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
speiling (11 points)
Speil
S·1+P·3+E·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
speiring (11 points)
News
S·1+P·3+E·1+I·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
spelling (11 points)
Turning on the charm (wordplay)
Letters of witchcraft (wordplay)
Enchanting activity of bee (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
spending (12 points)
'Nothing, save for the last at last (8)'
Laying out time or money
Laying out money for second hanging
S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
sphering (14 points)
Forming a globe
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
spieling (11 points)
Spiel
S·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
spiering (11 points)
Spier
S·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
steading (10 points)
Small farm
S·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
stealing (9 points)
Duck in grass moving quietly (wordplay)
Rickey Henderson specialty
Baserunner's activity
S·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
steaming (11 points)
Very angry; cooking
Cooking by vapour
Full of suppressed anger
S·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
steeking (13 points)
Steek
S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
steeling (9 points)
Bracing for impact
S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
steeping (11 points)
Sitting in the teapot, perhaps
Letting sit in a liquid, to clean perhaps
S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
steering (9 points)
Work for the cowboy on board (wordplay)
Guiding and directing, say a car
Helmsman's job
S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
steeving (12 points)
Stowing cargo.
S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
stemming (13 points)
Skier's maneuver
S·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
stepping (13 points)
Going on foot.
Kind of stone
On the march
S·1+T·1+E·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
sterling (9 points)
Strange new glister but it's not gold!
It isn't the euro which is excellent!
High grade of silver
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
stetting (9 points)
Opting not to strike out (wordplay)
Letting stand, in printing.
Letting stand
S·1+T·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
strewing (12 points)
Distributing, as confetti
Scattering about
Tossing about
S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
supering (11 points)
Super
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
svedberg (15 points)
A unit of time
S·1+V·4+E·1+D·2+B·3+E·1+R·1+G·2 = 15 pts
swearing (12 points)
Taking (an oath)
Carol's about to tolerate bad language
Being on oath, the South has got it on
S·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
sweating (12 points)
In a stew, in a stew, in a stew? Good!
Producing bullets (wordplay)
Reacting to a sauna
S·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
sweeping (14 points)
General clearing the mess (wordplay)
General cleaner's work
Second display of grief is extensive
S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
sweeting (12 points)
Apple variety
S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
swelling (12 points)
Reaching a crescendo
Women in trading as result of injury
Lump - provide information about source
S·1+W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
swerving (15 points)
Avoiding a pothole, perhaps
Drunk driving (wordplay)
Abruptly changing course
S·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

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