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wabblers (15 points)
Wabbler
W·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
waddings (14 points)
Wadding
W·4+A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 14 pts
waddlers (13 points)
Ducks, for example
Ducks, when moving around
W·4+A·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
wadmaals (14 points)
Wadmaal
W·4+A·1+D·2+M·3+A·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 14 pts
wadmolls (14 points)
Wadmoll
W·4+A·1+D·2+M·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 14 pts
waesucks (17 points)
{alas=interj}
W·4+A·1+E·1+S·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 17 pts
waftages (15 points)
Waftage
W·4+A·1+F·4+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
waftures (14 points)
Wafture
W·4+A·1+F·4+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
wageless (12 points)
Without income from work
Without time at last, and without pay too
W·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wagerers (12 points)
Track competitors (wordplay)
They're found at casinos and racetracks
Track visitors, usually
W·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wagoners (12 points)
Drivers of yore
Mule train drivers
They remove the dead in battles
W·4+A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wagtails (12 points)
Footballers' partners embracing team leader upset birds
W·4+A·1+G·2+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
waisters (11 points)
Waister
W·4+A·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
waitings (12 points)
Waiting
W·4+A·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 12 pts
waitress (11 points)
Bunny Girl, say, with first-class tail
She carries out orders
Alice, in "Alice"
W·4+A·1+I·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wakandas (16 points)
Wakanda
W·4+A·1+K·5+A·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+S·1 = 16 pts
wakeless (15 points)
Not having a wash? So a good night
W·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 15 pts
wakeners (15 points)
Bugles, bells, etc.
Clock radios, at times
Sleeper rousers
W·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
walkings (16 points)
Walking
W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 16 pts
walkouts (15 points)
Pedestrian protests (wordplay)
Work stoppages
The Taft-Hartley law is concerned with these
W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+O·1+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
walkways (21 points)
Pedestrians' paths
Passages from the Hitchhiker's Guide, for example
W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 21 pts
walleyes (14 points)
Some pikes
Some perch
Food fish
W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
walruses (11 points)
Large marine mammals
They fight with canines
Barrier nearly tricks sea mammals
W·4+A·1+L·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
waltzers (20 points)
12 in 3/4 time
Ballroom dancers
W·4+A·1+L·1+T·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 20 pts
wamefous (16 points)
Wamefou
W·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+F·4+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 16 pts
wamefuls (16 points)
Wameful
W·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1+S·1 = 16 pts
wammuses (15 points)
Wammus
W·4+A·1+M·3+M·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
wampuses (15 points)
Wampus
W·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
wanglers (12 points)
Manipulators
W·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wanigans (12 points)
Wanigan
W·4+A·1+N·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wantages (12 points)
Wantage
W·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
warblers (13 points)
Singing birds
Spring visitors in unseemly brawl at Queens
Singers fighting back learn early renaissance song intros
W·4+A·1+R·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
wardress (12 points)
Woman who runs a big house (wordplay)
Key worker in army uniform (wordplay)
Perhaps armour would do for her in gaol
W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
warfares (14 points)
Warfare
W·4+A·1+R·1+F·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
warheads (15 points)
Treats for a submarine pilot (wordplay)
Business ends of torpedoes.
Brand of sour candy
W·4+A·1+R·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 15 pts
wariness (11 points)
Caution! Answer is wrong
Caution Spanish girl getting into fights
Caution! 9 is 13!
W·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
warisons (11 points)
Warison
W·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
warlocks (17 points)
Spelling experts (wordplay)
Male witches or sorcerers
Sorcerer's relatives
W·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 17 pts
warlords (12 points)
Men of power in China.
Chinese bandit leaders
Ten military leaders
W·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
warmness (13 points)
Affection; moderate heat
Personable quality
Affectionate quality
W·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 13 pts
warnings (12 points)
Alarms or omens
Cautionary messages of danger
Messages informing of danger
W·4+A·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 12 pts
warpages (14 points)
Warpage
W·4+A·1+R·1+P·3+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
warpaths (16 points)
Angry natives go on them
Angry tribes may be on them
Courses once taken by American Indians (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+R·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 16 pts
warrants (11 points)
Calls for battle cries
Written authorisations as for arrest
Justifies authorisations for arrest
W·4+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
warriors (11 points)
Golden State team
Arrows, sir, for the fighters
Men experienced or famous in battle
W·4+A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
warships (16 points)
Cruiser and destroyer
Carriers or cruisers, for example
Carriers or cruisers
W·4+A·1+R·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+S·1 = 16 pts
warslers (11 points)
Warsler
W·4+A·1+R·1+S·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
warstles (11 points)
Warstle
W·4+A·1+R·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
warthogs (15 points)
African wild pigs
Pumbaa of "The Lion King" and family
Pigs with four tusks
W·4+A·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+G·2+S·1 = 15 pts
wartimes (13 points)
Patriotic periods, traditionally
Campaign periods
W·4+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
wartless (11 points)
Without warts
W·4+A·1+R·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
warworks (18 points)
Warwork
W·4+A·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 18 pts
washdays (18 points)
They're spent doing laundry
Laundry times
Laundry time
W·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+D·2+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 18 pts
washings (15 points)
Launderers' concerns
W·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 15 pts
washouts (14 points)
Non-cutters (wordplay)
Failures: Slang.
Failures Slang.
W·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
washrags (15 points)
Cloths for scrubbing
Cleaning cloths
Bathers' necessities.
W·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+R·1+A·1+G·2+S·1 = 15 pts
washtubs (16 points)
Containers for laundering
Resonators for jug-band basses
Laundry items of yore
W·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+T·1+U·1+B·3+S·1 = 16 pts
wassails (11 points)
Drinking songs, old style.
Toasts in old England
Carousals, in old England.
W·4+A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wastages (12 points)
Wastage
W·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wastrels (11 points)
Good-for-nothings.
1983 Michener novel
Profligates
W·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wastries (11 points)
Wastry
W·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
watchers (16 points)
They see a church the flood's engulfing
People on vigil
Baby-sitters
W·4+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts
waterers (11 points)
Gardeners, at times
Sprinklers, essentially
Sprinklers
W·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wattages (12 points)
Numbers on bulbs
Power measurements
Bulb figures
W·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wattapes (13 points)
Wattape
W·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
wattless (11 points)
Denoting a type of electric current
W·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
waveless (14 points)
Having no waves
W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 14 pts
wavelets (14 points)
Ripples in the water
Ripples
W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
waveoffs (20 points)
Waveoff
W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1+O·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 20 pts
waverers (14 points)
Fence sitters
Ambivalent ones
Fence-sitters
W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
waviness (14 points)
Undulating tendency of climbers was about to find direction
W·4+A·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 14 pts
waxbills (20 points)
Waxbill
W·4+A·1+X·8+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 20 pts
waxiness (18 points)
Quality of fake fruit (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+X·8+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 18 pts
waxweeds (22 points)
Waxweed
W·4+A·1+X·8+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2+S·1 = 22 pts
waxwings (22 points)
Waxwing
W·4+A·1+X·8+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 22 pts
waxworks (25 points)
Those prone to meltdowns (wordplay)
Some lifelike statues
Figures, eg in Warwick Castle
W·4+A·1+X·8+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 25 pts
waxworms (23 points)
Waxworm
W·4+A·1+X·8+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 23 pts
waybills (16 points)
FedEx documents
Commercial papers.
W·4+A·1+Y·4+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 16 pts
waysides (15 points)
Road edges
W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
weakness (15 points)
Ill-defended spot - predilection
Soft underbelly, so to speak
Fault or flaw
W·4+E·1+A·1+K·5+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 15 pts
weasands (12 points)
Weasand
W·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
weathers (14 points)
Comes through safely, as a storm
Seasons by exposure to the air.
Survives war, and these must be repaired
W·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
weazands (21 points)
Weazand
W·4+E·1+A·1+Z·10+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 21 pts
weekdays (19 points)
Mon. to Fri. (or Sat.)
Mondays for example
With no sun they don't sound strong
W·4+E·1+E·1+K·5+D·2+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 19 pts
weigelas (12 points)
Weigela
W·4+E·1+I·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 12 pts
welfares (14 points)
States of health, prosperity, etc.
W·4+E·1+L·1+F·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
wessands (12 points)
Wessand
W·4+E·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
wetlands (12 points)
Marshy regions of ecological importance
Bogs, for example
Vital nesting areas
W·4+E·1+T·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
whackers (20 points)
Mob hitmen, essentially
W·4+H·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 20 pts
whalings (15 points)
Whaling
W·4+H·4+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 15 pts
whammies (18 points)
Cape-wearing game show villains
Most theatrical time's wasted after opening in wretched shockers
W·4+H·4+A·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
whangees (15 points)
Whangee
W·4+H·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
whappers (18 points)
Whapper
W·4+H·4+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 18 pts
whatnots (14 points)
Sets of open shelves
Pieces of furniture.
Bric-a-brac holders
W·4+H·4+A·1+T·1+N·1+O·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
wheatens (14 points)
Wheaten
W·4+H·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 14 pts
whiprays (19 points)
Whipray
W·4+H·4+I·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 19 pts
whipsaws (19 points)
Victimizes from two directions at once
Swings violently
W·4+H·4+I·1+P·3+S·1+A·1+W·4+S·1 = 19 pts
whooplas (16 points)
Whoopla
W·4+H·4+O·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 16 pts
wickapes (19 points)
Wickape
W·4+I·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 19 pts
wildcats (14 points)
Team from Lexington, Ky.
1986 Goldie Hawn comedy
Kansas State athletes
W·4+I·1+L·1+D·2+C·3+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
windages (13 points)
Windage
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
windbags (15 points)
They're boring and they talk a lot
Talkative folks
Talkative types
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+B·3+A·1+G·2+S·1 = 15 pts
windlass (12 points)
Blow that revolutionary girl!
Device for raising the old oaken bucket.
Apparatus for hoisting.
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
windways (18 points)
Windway
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 18 pts
wiretaps (13 points)
Rats wipe out bugs
Listens in sub rosa.
Bugs in some walls
W·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
wireways (17 points)
Wireway
W·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts
wolframs (16 points)
Wolfram
W·4+O·1+L·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+M·3+S·1 = 16 pts
wommeras (15 points)
Wommera
W·4+O·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 15 pts
woodsias (12 points)
Woodsia
W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+S·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 12 pts
woolhats (14 points)
Early political faction in S. C.
Term for rural supporters of Georgia politicos.
W·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+H·4+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
woomeras (13 points)
Woomera
W·4+O·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 13 pts
wooralis (11 points)
Woorali
W·4+O·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wooraris (11 points)
Woorari
W·4+O·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wordages (13 points)
Wordage
W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
workbags (18 points)
Workbag
W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+B·3+A·1+G·2+S·1 = 18 pts
workdays (19 points)
You might go to bed early before these
W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+D·2+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 19 pts
wrangles (12 points)
Disputes them to a degree at last
Approaches after work, dismissing fine for disputes
Disputes
W·4+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
wrappers (15 points)
Loose dressing gowns - paper coverings
Bathrobes
Coverings
W·4+R·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
wrassles (11 points)
Wrassle
W·4+R·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wrastles (11 points)
Grapples: Slang
Grapples Slang.
W·4+R·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
wreakers (15 points)
They cause havoc, for example
W·4+R·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
wreathes (14 points)
Encircles with flowers in bad weathers
Shapes into a garland
Circular bands of flowers
W·4+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts

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