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salaamed (11 points)
Greeted a royal, perhaps
Greeted with respect
Dickens title starter
S·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
salaried (9 points)
Paid monthly (wordplay)
Back, alas, in the red: I am earning
Employed with a fixed income
S·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
salified (12 points)
Salify
S·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
sallowed (12 points)
Turned a sickly color
Turned sickly yellow
Made yellowish
S·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
salmonid (11 points)
Trout or whitefish
S·1+A·1+L·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+D·2 = 11 pts
salvaged (13 points)
Saved Sarah at five years old, perhaps
Saved, as a shipwreck
Rescued cargo from sinking ship
S·1+A·1+L·1+V·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
sandaled (10 points)
Walking on the beach, maybe
Dressed for the beach, perhaps
Shod for the shore
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
scabbled (15 points)
Shaped roughly, as stone
S·1+C·3+A·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
scabland (13 points)
Rocky land with little soil cover
S·1+C·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 13 pts
scaffold (17 points)
Raised platform high up in burn
Painter's support
Metal framework or raised platform
S·1+C·3+A·1+F·4+F·4+O·1+L·1+D·2 = 17 pts
schooled (14 points)
Educated son chilled outside hotel
Formed a fishy group
Treated as an apprentice
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
sclaffed (17 points)
Sclaff
S·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
sclereid (11 points)
A type of plant cell
S·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+I·1+D·2 = 11 pts
scleroid (11 points)
Indurated
S·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 11 pts
scrawled (14 points)
Wrote carelessly in bad handwriting
Vehicle carrying crop is badly drawn
Wrote carelessly with red claws
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
scrolled (11 points)
Paged (up or down)
Viewed more text, perhaps
Curled, as a Torah
S·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
scrupled (13 points)
Scruple
S·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
scuffled (17 points)
Took part in confused struggle or fight
Fought with second copper, getting fine - then ran away
S·1+C·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
sculpted (13 points)
Made a fine figure, maybe
Designed in 3-D
Cult sped away, having made statue
S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
scumbled (15 points)
Scumble
S·1+C·3+U·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
scuttled (11 points)
Fate of the Graf Spee
Abandoned, like plans
Of ship, sank deliberately
S·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
secluded (12 points)
Private cuddles excited with energy
Out of the way
Away from everything
S·1+E·1+C·3+L·1+U·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
selected (11 points)
Clicked on, say
Chose, opted for
Made up one's mind
S·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
selfhood (15 points)
Individuality.
Personality.
Individuality
S·1+E·1+L·1+F·4+H·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 15 pts
selfward (15 points)
Tending toward ego
S·1+E·1+L·1+F·4+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 15 pts
selvaged (13 points)
Having a woven edge
Having a nonraveling edge.
S·1+E·1+L·1+V·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
semibald (13 points)
Partly bald
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+D·2 = 13 pts
semiwild (14 points)
Somewhat wild
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+W·4+I·1+L·1+D·2 = 14 pts
sepalled (11 points)
Like a calyx
S·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
sepaloid (11 points)
Resembling a calyx
S·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 11 pts
shackled (18 points)
Confined, as with fetters
Coupled in shed and ran off without top
Restricted
S·1+H·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts
shambled (16 points)
Walked awkwardly
Shuffled along.
The way one walked - just pretending to be wounded
S·1+H·4+A·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
shetland (12 points)
Kind of sheepdog
Lerwick is its county seat.
The lands off Scottish island
S·1+H·4+E·1+T·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 12 pts
shielded (13 points)
Protected from danger or harm
Provided cover for
Not in harm's way
S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
shingled (13 points)
Roofed with thin slabs.
Like some coifs
Like some roofs
S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
shipload (14 points)
All a tanker can hold
Polish ad reviewing what's on board
Tramp's cargo
S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+A·1+D·2 = 14 pts
shlepped (16 points)
Shlepp
S·1+H·4+L·1+E·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
shlumped (16 points)
Shlump
S·1+H·4+L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
shoveled (15 points)
Worked in snow.
Wolfed (down)
Did a snow job
S·1+H·4+O·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
shrilled (12 points)
Spoke in high-pitched tones.
Spoke stridently.
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
shuffled (18 points)
Rearranged (a pack)
Seemed ill at ease and got confused
Mixed at random - shambled
S·1+H·4+U·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts
shuttled (12 points)
Went back and forth (between)
Went back and forth
S·1+H·4+U·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
sicklied (15 points)
Sickly
S·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
signaled (10 points)
Gave the high sign, say
Gave the high sign
Used the turn blinker
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
silenced (11 points)
Caused to clam up
Since it gets led, it's quite unsound
Declines to be made quiet
S·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
silkweed (16 points)
Latex-producing herb
S·1+I·1+L·1+K·5+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
siluroid (9 points)
""Any of a family of catfishes, also SILURID""
S·1+I·1+L·1+U·1+R·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 9 pts
silvered (12 points)
Like some mirrors
Made into a mirror.
Like some old mirrors
S·1+I·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
skewbald (18 points)
Wonky without 23 in two colours
Spotty, as some horses.
Spotted horse that's white - not black
S·1+K·5+E·1+W·4+B·3+A·1+L·1+D·2 = 18 pts
skiffled (19 points)
Skiffle
S·1+K·5+I·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 19 pts
sklented (13 points)
Slanted, Scottish style
S·1+K·5+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
slalomed (11 points)
Took part in a giant event (wordplay)
Went downhill (wordplay)
Attacked the slopes, a la Street
S·1+L·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
slavered (12 points)
Foamed at the mouth, or drooled over
Four-striper abbreviation
Imitated Pavlov's pooches
S·1+L·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
sleighed (13 points)
Enjoyed the snow
Took a winter ride.
Journeyed through snow
S·1+L·1+E·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
sleuthed (12 points)
Did a Colombo
Played the hawkshaw
Did a Nancy Drew
S·1+L·1+E·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
slighted (13 points)
Insulted with delights
Gave the cold shoulder to
Delights in being insulted
S·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
slipshod (14 points)
Underwear on your feet? That's slovenly
Far from meticulous
Careless mistakes by the carrier
S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+S·1+H·4+O·1+D·2 = 14 pts
slivered (12 points)
Cut into thin pieces.
Split into tiny pieces
Split, in a way
S·1+L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
slouched (14 points)
Didn't sit well (wordplay)
Didn't stand tall
Drooped the shoulders
S·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
sloughed (13 points)
Cast (off), as a snakeskin
(Of snake) cast off skin
Molted
S·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
slugabed (12 points)
Lazy Mary, for instance.
Late riser.
Late sleeper
S·1+L·1+U·1+G·2+A·1+B·3+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
sluggard (11 points)
Drug lags (anagram)
No ball of fire, he
Lazy fellow, a pest, and where, mostly
S·1+L·1+U·1+G·2+G·2+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 11 pts
slumlord (11 points)
Renter's bane
Irresponsible building owner
Ghetto figure.
S·1+L·1+U·1+M·3+L·1+O·1+R·1+D·2 = 11 pts
slurried (9 points)
Slurry
S·1+L·1+U·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
smuggled (13 points)
Brought goods into country illegally
Did not do one's duty
Moved illicitly
S·1+M·3+U·1+G·2+G·2+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
snaffled (15 points)
Arrested supporters got up and ran away
Pinched what's rubbishy in Santa's transport
S·1+N·1+A·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
sniffled (15 points)
Reacted to the end of "Coco," perhaps
Had a cold
S·1+N·1+I·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
sniggled (11 points)
Went eeling
S·1+N·1+I·1+G·2+G·2+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
sniveled (12 points)
Complained in whining manner.
Whined
S·1+N·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
snoozled (18 points)
Snoozle
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+Z·10+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts
snowland (12 points)
An area marked by a great amount of snow
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 12 pts
snowmold (14 points)
A fungus disease
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+M·3+O·1+L·1+D·2 = 14 pts
snuffled (15 points)
Snuffle
S·1+N·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
snuggled (11 points)
Got it down for comfort
Got cozy
What the little ones did when the guns were turned on them to start with
S·1+N·1+U·1+G·2+G·2+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
soldered (10 points)
Put the metal to the metal (wordplay)
Joined with metal
Joined and served in force, losing heart
S·1+O·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
solenoid (9 points)
Switch, of sorts
Compact about raising single coil
Current-carrying coil of wire
S·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 9 pts
soliquid (18 points)
A fluid colloidal system
S·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+D·2 = 18 pts
solvated (12 points)
Solvate
S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
souffled (15 points)
Made puffy by beating and baking
S·1+O·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
spackled (17 points)
Repaired drywall, maybe
Filled holes, in a way
Finished drywall
S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
spangled (12 points)
Set with bright ornaments.
Decorated in a special way.
Adorned, as a costume.
S·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
sparkled (15 points)
Scintillated, shone
Performed brilliantly
Glittered, scintillated
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
speckled (17 points)
The - Band (Sherlock Holmes story)
Marked like some sparrow eggs
Variety of trout
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
spindled (12 points)
Formed into a slender rod
Like a record turntable
Grew tall and thin
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
spiraled (11 points)
Rotated, as a football
Passed a football in a way
Shot up, as inflation
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
splashed (14 points)
Made waves (wordplay)
Made a flat dive
Got water everywhere
S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
splatted (11 points)
Struck like a water balloon
Hit like a snowball
S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
splendid (12 points)
Smashing spindle upset daughter
Boy accepts coppers' grant in sterling
Magnificent, very impressive
S·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+D·2 = 12 pts
splinted (11 points)
Not in a cast, maybe
Set, in a way
Immobilized, as a broken bone
S·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
splodged (13 points)
Betting club date produced a long streak (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
sploshed (14 points)
Walked through a puddle
S·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
splurged (12 points)
Spared no expense
Shot the works
Showed off: Colloq.
S·1+P·3+L·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
sprawled (14 points)
Really spread out
Took the whole couch
Took up excess room
S·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
squalled (18 points)
Blew big-time
Blew up a storm
Blew hard.
S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts
squealed (18 points)
Squeal
S·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts
startled (9 points)
Made jump, maybe
Snuck up on, perhaps
Shocked the beginning came first!
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
steepled (11 points)
Like many New England churches
Like many churches
Topped with a spire
S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
stickled (15 points)
Demurred
S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
stippled (13 points)
Having a pattern of dots
Painted walls by brush-taps.
Marked with dots or specks
S·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
stipuled (11 points)
Having a stipule
S·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
stoppled (13 points)
Plugged
S·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
strolled (9 points)
Took a leisurely walk
Enjoyed a boardwalk
Walked in leisurely way
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
stubbled (13 points)
Put out, drained and unshaven
Rough-surfaced.
Its a bit shadowy after five oclock to slip lawyer editors letters
S·1+T·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
stumbled (13 points)
Took a trip (wordplay)
Missed a step and almost fell
Made a slip
S·1+T·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
stylised (12 points)
List dyes for repacking treated artificially
Artificial enclosure heeled over with temperature dropping
S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
stylized (21 points)
Conformed to a particular format
Conformed to a certain art treatment
Designed to conform with existing modes
S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 21 pts
subfield (14 points)
A subset of a mathematical field
S·1+U·1+B·3+F·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2 = 14 pts
subfluid (14 points)
Somewhat fluid
S·1+U·1+B·3+F·4+L·1+U·1+I·1+D·2 = 14 pts
sublated (11 points)
Denied
S·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
sublimed (13 points)
Sublime
S·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
sulcated (11 points)
""Having long, narrow furrows, also SULCATE""
S·1+U·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
sulfated (12 points)
Sulfate
S·1+U·1+L·1+F·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
sulfured (12 points)
Sulfur
S·1+U·1+L·1+F·4+U·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
sunscald (11 points)
Sylvan blight
S·1+U·1+N·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+D·2 = 11 pts
supplied (13 points)
Provided, furnished
Furnished, provided
Made available
S·1+U·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
swaddled (14 points)
Like Baby Jesus, was perhaps divine-led
Like a babe in arms
Wrapped in a receiving blanket
S·1+W·4+A·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
swindled (13 points)
Took money unscrupulously
Turn in the troika is done
Did turn in vehicle traversing ice
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
swingled (13 points)
Swingle
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
swiveled (15 points)
Turned to one's work, maybe
Turned, as a desk chair
Turned in a chair
S·1+W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
swizzled (30 points)
Swizzle
S·1+W·4+I·1+Z·10+Z·10+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 30 pts
symboled (16 points)
Symbol
S·1+Y·4+M·3+B·3+O·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

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