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8-Letter Words (72):
saboteur (10 points)
Vandal could wreck boat, sure!
Wrecker (of hunts?)
Monkey wrench wielder (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+T·1+E·1+U·1+R·1 = 10 pts
sallower (11 points)
Less healthy-looking
Having a less healthy-looking complexion
Sarah, when next to sink, more pallid
S·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
savorier (11 points)
Savory
S·1+A·1+V·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
savourer (11 points)
""One that savors, also SAVORER""
S·1+A·1+V·4+O·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
schooner (13 points)
Glass of the Hesperus (wordplay)
Hesperus, for one
Draft order (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
scorcher (15 points)
For a singer, 'One Fine Day'!
Informally, a really hot day - it burns!
Day of very hot and sunny weather
S·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
scourger (11 points)
Old menace with skinhead gets courage without any initial resistance
S·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
scouther (13 points)
Toast for the lady by a college servant
S·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
sculptor (12 points)
Rodin or Rowan Gillespie, say
John Behan or Henry Moore, say
Praxiteles, for one
S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
seafloor (11 points)
Davy Jones's locker
Bottom of the ocean
The main base
S·1+E·1+A·1+F·4+L·1+O·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
seasoner (8 points)
One who shakes in a kitchen, maybe
Chef, at times
Salt, for example
S·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
seconder (11 points)
One who say "Amen"
Ones who say "Amen"
One supporting distribution of seed-corn
S·1+E·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
secretor (10 points)
Saliva-producing organism, for example
S·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
seignior (9 points)
Feudal lord
S·1+E·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+O·1+R·1 = 9 pts
selector (10 points)
Person choosing (team)
Part of a radio set
One chooses to remove corselet
S·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
servitor (11 points)
Butler or waiter
Archaic word for a servant or attendant
Attendant.
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
shadower (15 points)
Private eye on the job
Private eye, often
Stalker sees Bill in the rain
S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
shoalier (11 points)
Less navigable, maybe
S·1+H·4+O·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
shoddier (13 points)
More imperfectly made.
More imperfectly made
More trashy
S·1+H·4+O·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
shoulder (12 points)
Ought to get 'er armed, perhaps
Oughter be armed (wordplay)
'Ought to get 'er armed, perhaps (8)'
S·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
shoveler (14 points)
One who clears snow, maybe
Duck with a broad bill
Freshwater duck
S·1+H·4+O·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
skijorer (19 points)
A skier who is drawn over snow by a horse or vehicle
S·1+K·5+I·1+J·8+O·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
slipover (13 points)
Sweater sans buttons
Escape past, as a wall
Easy garment to put on
S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
sloppier (12 points)
Not as tidy
More careless
More disheveled.
S·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
sloshier (11 points)
More likely to spill over
More likely to spill, as water in a bucket
S·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
sloucher (13 points)
One who {slouches=v}
S·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
smoggier (12 points)
Harder to see through, say
Having worse air
More noxious, as the atmosphere
S·1+M·3+O·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
smoother (13 points)
Not so bumpy
More urbane - put out about nothing
Not so jarring
S·1+M·3+O·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
smoulder (11 points)
Burn drum and lose, perhaps
Do a slow burn
Burn slowly without flame
S·1+M·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
snobbier (12 points)
Less common (wordplay)
More hoity-toity
More condescending
S·1+N·1+O·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
snoopier (10 points)
More apt to pry
More inclined to pry
More prone to prying
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
snootier (8 points)
Further caught up in class (wordplay)
More hoity-toity
Less likely to mix
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
snoozier (17 points)
Snoozy
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
snottier (8 points)
More snide
S·1+N·1+O·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
snoutier (8 points)
Snouty
S·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
softener (11 points)
Liquid added to final rinse
Laundry detergent additive
It removes salts from water
S·1+O·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
solander (9 points)
A box for library materials
S·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
solderer (9 points)
Jack-of-all-trades at times, perhaps
Fixer who betrayed King Edward twice
Person using an iron on metal
S·1+O·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
solemner (10 points)
More somber
Less light
More grave
S·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
songster (9 points)
'e's strong (anagram)
Sings the praises perhaps of shaky net? Gross!
Small flighty creature, one making notes
S·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
sorcerer (10 points)
Mickey's employer, in "Fantasia" (h,h)
Merlin, for one
Spelling expert (wordplay)
S·1+O·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
sorrower (11 points)
Grieving figure
One grieving
Lamenter.
S·1+O·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
souvenir (11 points)
Nice keepsake (wordplay)
Remembrance of things past (wordplay)
A memory of OMD (wordplay)
S·1+O·1+U·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+I·1+R·1 = 11 pts
splendor (11 points)
Display of grandeur
Magnificent show.
Grand display
S·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
spongier (11 points)
Lighter grip, one's loose
More porous
More squishy
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
spookier (14 points)
Twice as frightful
More hair-raising
More chilling
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
spoonier (10 points)
More lovey-dovey
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
sportier (10 points)
More smartly dressed
Having more flash
Having more sex appeal, as a car
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
sporular (10 points)
Relating to a sporule
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 10 pts
spottier (10 points)
Less regular
Less reliable
More sporadic
S·1+P·3+O·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
stockcar (16 points)
The SC in NASCAR (5,3)
The SC in NASCAR race series (5,3)
It's been around the track
S·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+C·3+A·1+R·1 = 16 pts
stockier (14 points)
More thickset
Is rocket salad comparatively meaty (wordplay)
More chubby
S·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
stodgier (10 points)
More old-fashioned
Bulkier soldier in Dorset running amok
More heavy-set.
S·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
stolider (9 points)
Closer to impassive
Old rites analysed as less exciting
Less emotional
S·1+T·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
stopover (13 points)
Pots break during trip (wordplay)
Brief stay in hotel? That must be pots!
Stay (of just one night?)
S·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
stormier (10 points)
More tempes-tuous
More treacherous, as sailing conditions
More turbulent, weather-wise
S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
stressor (8 points)
Moving, for example
Tension-causing stimulus
Stimulus that causes tension
S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
stroller (8 points)
Worn out jogger (wordplay)
Worn out jogger?
Babe-in-arms alternative (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
stronger (9 points)
Concentrated more than usual (wordplay)
Tougher outsider drops a round coming in
Not so easy
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
stropper (12 points)
Blade sharpener
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
stuccoer (12 points)
Worker on house sides
S·1+T·1+U·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
subfloor (13 points)
It's under the hardwood
S·1+U·1+B·3+F·4+L·1+O·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
suborder (11 points)
Thing taken at a deli (wordplay)
It's bigger than family
Taxonomic category above family
S·1+U·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
suborner (10 points)
Payola offerer
S·1+U·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
subpolar (12 points)
Just outside the Arctic Circle
Of the region just north of the Antarctic Circle
S·1+U·1+B·3+P·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 12 pts
subsolar (10 points)
Situated directly beneath the sun
S·1+U·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 10 pts
succorer (12 points)
Giver of relief
Good Samaritan.
Relief provider
S·1+U·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
summoner (12 points)
Bailiff, on occasion
Spiritualist, sometimes
Process server
S·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
superior (10 points)
A better boss (wordplay)
The Mother of all Lakes (wordplay)
Better lake (wordplay)
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
supposer (12 points)
One who assumes
Surmiser
S·1+U·1+P·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
surveyor (14 points)
Early role of G.W.
Very sour kind of land inspector
Inspector of buildings
S·1+U·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+Y·4+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
survivor (14 points)
One who comes through difficulties
Person who is able to overcome adversity
One who lives through an ordeal
S·1+U·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+V·4+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts

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