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9-Letter Words (70):

sainthood (13 points)

State of the blessed (wordplay)

Has Robin been canonised (wordplay)

Nick's status (wordplay)

S·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 13 pts

sapheaded (16 points)

SAPHEAD a stupid person

S·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

scarehead (15 points)

Words in huge print

S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2 = 15 pts

scheduled (16 points)

Planned to occur

On the agenda

Arranged diary for director

S·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

schlepped (19 points)

Lugged with effort

Carried with great effort

S·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+E·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 19 pts

schlumped (19 points)

Schlump

S·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 19 pts

schmeered (17 points)

Schmeer

S·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+E·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts

schmoosed (17 points)

Schmoos

S·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+O·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts

schmoozed (26 points)

Chewed the fat

Worked the room

Talked casually

S·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+O·1+O·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 26 pts

schoolkid (19 points)

Youngster gets train joke

Second grader, for example

Young student

S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+K·5+I·1+D·2 = 19 pts

scraiched (17 points)

Scraich

S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts

scraighed (16 points)

Scraigh

S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

scratched (17 points)

Scored or was withdrawn (wordplay)

Slightly damaged, so withdrawn

Withdrew, slightly injured

S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts

screeched (17 points)

Made like an owl

Cried in a strident voice

Sounded shrill one of the longest one-syllable words (nonverbal)

S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts

scrooched (17 points)

Scrooch

S·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts

scrunched (17 points)

Made a deep-in-concentration face

Crushed noisily

Compacted

S·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts

shallowed (16 points)

Shallow

S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

shampooed (17 points)

Did a hair salon job

S·1+H·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+O·1+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts

sharpened (15 points)

Made a point of (wordplay)

End with phrase specially honed

Brushed up

S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts

shattered (13 points)

Smashed the record (wordplay)

Got a big break (wordplay)

Broken - exhausted (informal)

S·1+H·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts

sheepfold (18 points)

Hope's fled for the pound

Pen for lambs, ewes, etc

Pound worth every penny to Bo Peep (wordplay)

S·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+P·3+F·4+O·1+L·1+D·2 = 18 pts

sheltered (13 points)

Her eldest becomes withdrawn

Protected from the weather

Covered loan with warden

S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts

shewbread (18 points)

See Showbread. Showbread.

S·1+H·4+E·1+W·4+B·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2 = 18 pts

shikarred (17 points)

Shikar

S·1+H·4+I·1+K·5+A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts

shimmered (17 points)

Made a flash

Shone fitfully

Gleamed faintly.

S·1+H·4+I·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts

shinneyed (16 points)

Shinney

S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

shipboard (17 points)

Type of romance (on an ocean liner)

Like some short-lived romances

S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+B·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 17 pts

shivareed (16 points)

Shivaree

S·1+H·4+I·1+V·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

shorebird (15 points)

Stilt, for example

Stilt, e.g

Dinah and Larry

S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+B·3+I·1+R·1+D·2 = 15 pts

shoreward (16 points)

Heading to land

Toward land

S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 16 pts

shortened (13 points)

Cut down to size (wordplay)

Tenor performing in hut gets cut

Condensed thus, or the ends may be off

S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts

shorthand (16 points)

Speedwriting by worker of little stature

Girl Friday's forte.

Gregg's system.

S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 16 pts

shovelled (16 points)

Cleared the driveway, perhaps

Hole in Amundsen's equipment gets dug

How crude shelter carried by sleigh was shifted (wordplay)

S·1+H·4+O·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

showbread (18 points)

""Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; the term used in translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek to designate the loaves of bread which the priest of the week placed before the Lord on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place.""

S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+B·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2 = 18 pts

showcased (18 points)

Put on exhibit

Exhibited, as one's talent

Displayed to best advantage

S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts

shriveled (16 points)

Withered

S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

shuddered (15 points)

Shivered in fear or revulsion

Trembled violently as with horror

Trembled, shivered

S·1+H·4+U·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts

shunpiked (19 points)

Shunpike

S·1+H·4+U·1+N·1+P·3+I·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 19 pts

shuttered (13 points)

Quiet-spoken, like some windows

(Of windows) shut up

Like some windows

S·1+H·4+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts

shylocked (22 points)

Shylock

S·1+H·4+Y·4+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 22 pts

skreeghed (18 points)

Skreegh

S·1+K·5+R·1+E·1+E·1+G·2+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts

skreighed (18 points)

Skreigh

S·1+K·5+R·1+E·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 18 pts

slathered (13 points)

Put on lavishly

Laid on thick

Used wastefully

S·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts

slithered (13 points)

Emulated a snake

Moved like a snake

Moved like a snake.

S·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts

smothered (15 points)

Drenched in sauce

Her modest fancy will get stifled

Stifled, he stormed out

S·1+M·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts

snowshoed (16 points)

Walked at a ski resort

S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+S·1+H·4+O·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

soothsaid (13 points)

Soothsay

S·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+S·1+A·1+I·1+D·2 = 13 pts

southland (13 points)

Dixie

S·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 13 pts

southward (16 points)

In the direction of Cork, say

In the direction of Waterford, say

In the direction of Spain

S·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 16 pts

spearhead (15 points)

Lead (a military attack)

Lead (an attack)

Lead (an attack or movement)

S·1+P·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2 = 15 pts

splotched (17 points)

Spotted, splashed

'Boldly spotted the third allotment': penned by Guardian setter

*Stained

S·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts

squelched (24 points)

Monosyllabic word meaning "sat on"

Sat on

Suppressed

S·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+L·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 24 pts

squinched (24 points)

Squinch

S·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 24 pts

squooshed (22 points)

Squoosh

S·1+Q·10+U·1+O·1+O·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 22 pts

stagehand (14 points)

He may convey properties

Person moving theatre props

Theater crew member

S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 14 pts

staghound (14 points)

British armed reconnaissance car.

One whose quarry is sought and abused (wordplay)

Hunting dog

S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+H·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2 = 14 pts

statehood (13 points)

For Hawaii and Alaska (wordplay)

Territory's future, perhaps

For Hawaii and Alaska?

S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 13 pts

staunched (15 points)

How Edward the loyal stopped the flow

Arrested resolute pressman

S·1+T·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts

steelhead (13 points)

The rainbow trout

Rainbow trout

Trout variety

S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+L·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2 = 13 pts

stepchild (17 points)

Marriage acquisition, maybe

Second mate's kid (wordplay)

Offspring of spouse

S·1+T·1+E·1+P·3+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+D·2 = 17 pts

stokehold (17 points)

""The space, or any of the spaces, in front of the boilers of a ship, from which the furnaces are fed; the stokehole of a ship; also, a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced draft with closed stokehold; -- called also, in American ships, fireroom.as, forced draft with closed stokehold; -- called also, in American ships, fireroom.""

S·1+T·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+D·2 = 17 pts

stomached (17 points)

Put up with

Most upset having hurt bore

Stood

S·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts

stonished (13 points)

Stonish

S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts

stretched (15 points)

Extended, one's limbs perhaps

Like some truths

Extended in time or space

S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts

sulphated (15 points)

Sulphate

S·1+U·1+L·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts

sulphured (15 points)

Stop man at newspaper being fumigated

S·1+U·1+L·1+P·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts

sunbathed (15 points)

Sunbathe

S·1+U·1+N·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts

swellhead (16 points)

Terrific leader (wordplay)

Vain or conceited person.

Conceited sort

S·1+W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2 = 16 pts

swineherd (16 points)

Pig's head (wordplay)

Gurth, in "Ivanhoe"

Tender of pigs

S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+D·2 = 16 pts

swithered (16 points)

Swither

S·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

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Refine to S+: SA SB SC SD SE SF SG SH SI SJ SK SL SM SN SO SP SQ SR SS ST SU SV SW SX SY SZ

Starting with:

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Ending with:

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Containing:

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