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4-Letter Words (1):
shul (7 points)
House of worship
Rebbe's milieu
Place to worship
S·1+H·4+U·1+L·1 = 7 pts
5-Letter Words (12):
schul (10 points)
Bar mitzvah site (Var.)
Hebrew school (Var.)
Synagogue (Var.)
S·1+C·3+H·4+U·1+L·1 = 10 pts
shall (8 points)
Word of the future (wordplay)
Formal will (wordplay)
Formal-sounding will (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shaul (8 points)
""To become shallow, also SHOAL""
S·1+H·4+A·1+U·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shawl (11 points)
Serape for one
Serape, for one
Cold comfort provider (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+A·1+W·4+L·1 = 11 pts
sheal (8 points)
To {shell=v}
S·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shell (8 points)
Perhaps shades of what's in the tank
Hard to get outside such shades, perhaps
Nut case (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 8 pts
sheol (8 points)
The underworld of the Old Testament
Biblical nether world
Hades, in Hebrew theology.
S·1+H·4+E·1+O·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shiel (8 points)
To {shell=v}
S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shill (8 points)
Talker-upper, maybe
Casino employee, maybe
Casino employee maybe
S·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shoal (8 points)
Bar located near a school (wordplay)
Mass for flock (wordplay)
A load of pollocks (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+O·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shool (8 points)
To {shovel=v}
S·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shorl (8 points)
""A mineral, also SCHORL""
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+L·1 = 8 pts
6-Letter Words (6):
school (11 points)
Train of thought (wordplay)
Synchronized swimmers (wordplay)
Train for Rugby, say
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1 = 11 pts
schorl (11 points)
Black tourmaline
Tourmaline
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+L·1 = 11 pts
shekel (13 points)
Old gold piece.
Chief silver coin of the Hebrews.
Coin mentioned in the Bible
S·1+H·4+E·1+K·5+E·1+L·1 = 13 pts
shovel (12 points)
Earth-moving thing (wordplay)
Tool to be found in hovels (wordplay)
Murder weapon for Sam Spade (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+O·1+V·4+E·1+L·1 = 12 pts
shrill (9 points)
Piercing a quiet stream!
Piercing an ear, perhaps
(Of a cry) piercing
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 9 pts
shtetl (9 points)
Tevye's Anatevka, for one
Tevye's town, for example
"Fiddler on the Roof" setting
S·1+H·4+T·1+E·1+T·1+L·1 = 9 pts
7-Letter Words (6):
sahiwal (13 points)
District in the Punjab province of Pakistan; breed of zebu cattle
S·1+A·1+H·4+I·1+W·4+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
satchel (12 points)
Well-schooled bookmaker's accessory!
Bag - latches (anagram)
Book bag, perhaps
S·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1 = 12 pts
shrivel (13 points)
Wither to nothingness
Go from a grape to a raisin, for example
Wither from lack of water
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+L·1 = 13 pts
shtetel (10 points)
Fiddler on the Roof village, for example
Fiddler on the Roof village, for example (Var.)
"Fiddler on the Roof" village, for example (Var.)
S·1+H·4+T·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+L·1 = 10 pts
spathal (12 points)
Pertaining to a {spathe=n}
S·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
spheral (12 points)
Like a globe
Rounded in form
Having a round form.
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
8-Letter Words (16):
seashell (11 points)
Scallop, for one
Ocean audition device
Beachcomber's find
S·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 11 pts
selfheal (14 points)
An option as he fell ill (wordplay)
Care for oneself
Be one's own doctor
S·1+E·1+L·1+F·4+H·4+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
shameful (16 points)
'Tsk, tsk, tsk'
Causing humiliation and distress
Pity flu developed, it's scandalous
S·1+H·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 16 pts
sheenful (14 points)
Shining
S·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+N·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts
shelfful (17 points)
A whole row of books in the bookcase perhaps
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+F·4+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 17 pts
shlemiel (13 points)
Habitual bungler (var.)
Yiddish dolt (var.)
Unlucky one
S·1+H·4+L·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+L·1 = 13 pts
shoebill (13 points)
Wader, or how it's accounted for
African wading bird.
Large wading bird, allied to the heron.
S·1+H·4+O·1+E·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts
shogunal (12 points)
Pertaining to {shogun=n}
S·1+H·4+O·1+G·2+U·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
shopgirl (14 points)
Miss benefiting consumers (wordplay)
She sells Flora at the checkout, perhaps
She'll have something in store for you
S·1+H·4+O·1+P·3+G·2+I·1+R·1+L·1 = 14 pts
showgirl (15 points)
Stripper (wordplay)
Nomi Malone, in a 1995 flop
Chorus line participant
S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+G·2+I·1+R·1+L·1 = 15 pts
shrapnel (13 points)
Her plans unexpectedly change (wordplay)
Fragments from exploded shell
Her plans burst into fragments
S·1+H·4+R·1+A·1+P·3+N·1+E·1+L·1 = 13 pts
shrieval (14 points)
Pertaining to a sheriff
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+V·4+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
sidehill (12 points)
Small mountain slope
Certain lie for golfers
S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 12 pts
siphonal (13 points)
""Pertaining to a siphon, also SIPHONIC""
S·1+I·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
slothful (14 points)
Suffering from spring fever, maybe
Lazy, reluctant to work
Lacking any pep
S·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts
subshell (13 points)
One of the orbitals making up an electron shell of an atom
S·1+U·1+B·3+S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts
9-Letter Words (13):
schlemiel (16 points)
*Luckless bungler
Habitual bungler
Lifelong bungler
S·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+L·1 = 16 pts
schnitzel (23 points)
Wiener chaser (wordplay)
German veal dish
Dish similar to tonkatsu
S·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+I·1+T·1+Z·10+E·1+L·1 = 23 pts
schnorkel (18 points)
German name for a submarine device
S·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+O·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+L·1 = 18 pts
seneschal (14 points)
She cleans out for the steward
Clash seen to be dealt with by steward
Figure in authority.
S·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
shavetail (15 points)
Recent West Point grad
Second lieutenant, slangily
Second lieutenant: Slang.
S·1+H·4+A·1+V·4+E·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 15 pts
shirttail (12 points)
Young and immature
It may stick out of one's pants
It's usually tucked in
S·1+H·4+I·1+R·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 12 pts
shlemiehl (17 points)
English word
S·1+H·4+L·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+H·4+L·1 = 17 pts
shortfall (15 points)
Want a little snow (wordplay)
What's missing from shower (wordplay)
Deficiency in whisky, perhaps a drop
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+F·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 15 pts
shovelful (18 points)
One scoop of snow
Spade's capacity
S·1+H·4+O·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 18 pts
softshell (15 points)
Crab-house specification
Sort of a crab
Kind of crab
S·1+O·1+F·4+T·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 15 pts
spherical (16 points)
Round all around
It's round there
Shaped like Earth
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts
stenchful (17 points)
STENCH to cause to stink
S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 17 pts
sublethal (14 points)
LETHAL something designed to cause death
S·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
10-Letter Words (14):
satchelful (18 points)
All that a bag can hold
All a bag can hold
S·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 18 pts
schoolgirl (16 points)
In form miss (wordplay)
Metaphorically giddy one
She may learn a thing or two
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+G·2+I·1+R·1+L·1 = 16 pts
semilethal (15 points)
LETHAL something designed to cause death
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
sepulchral (17 points)
Purcell has developed melancholy
Hollow and deep
Purcell has composed, despite being gloomy
S·1+E·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 17 pts
sheathbill (18 points)
""Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionid\'91, native of the islands of the Antarctic.seas. Chionis, and family Chionid\'91, native of the islands of the Antarctic.seas.""
S·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 18 pts
shovelsful (19 points)
SHOVELS shovel
S·1+H·4+O·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+S·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 19 pts
sphenoidal (16 points)
Sphenoid.
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts
spheroidal (16 points)
Nearly globe-shaped
Resembling a globe.
Fashion from Dior's a help with a round figure
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts
sporophyll (20 points)
A leaf or leaflike organ that bears spores.
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+L·1+L·1 = 20 pts
sprightful (19 points)
Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay.
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 19 pts
sulfhydryl (23 points)
English word
S·1+U·1+L·1+F·4+H·4+Y·4+D·2+R·1+Y·4+L·1 = 23 pts
symphyseal (23 points)
Of or pertaining to to symphysis.
S·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+H·4+Y·4+S·1+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 23 pts
symphysial (23 points)
Bones
S·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+H·4+Y·4+S·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 23 pts
synchronal (18 points)
Contemporaneous
S·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 18 pts
11-Letter Words (3):
sophistical (18 points)
Of or pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound.
S·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 18 pts
spirochetal (18 points)
SPIROCHETE
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 18 pts
superschool (18 points)
English word
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1 = 18 pts
12-Letter Words (7):
saccharoidal (20 points)
""Resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance, consistency, or composition; as, saccharoidal limestone.as, saccharoidal limestone.""
S·1+A·1+C·3+C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 20 pts
schismatical (21 points)
Same as Schismatic. Schismatic.
S·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 21 pts
schistosomal (19 points)
SCHISTOSOME
S·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+L·1 = 19 pts
sprachgefuhl (26 points)
English word
S·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+G·2+E·1+F·4+U·1+H·4+L·1 = 26 pts
stenothermal (17 points)
STENOTHERM
S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+L·1 = 17 pts
superhelical (19 points)
""Pl. superhelixes or superhelices (h l -s z , h l -) A molecular structure in which a helix is itself coiled into a helix, as of overwound circular DNA.""
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 19 pts
synchronical (22 points)
Happening at the same time; synchronous.
S·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 22 pts
13-Letter Words (3):
superphysical (25 points)
Above or beyond physics; not explainable by physical laws.
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+S·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 25 pts
synarthrodial (20 points)
Pl. synarthrodiae (-d - ) See synarthrosis .
S·1+Y·4+N·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 20 pts
synecdochical (26 points)
Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.
S·1+Y·4+N·1+E·1+C·3+D·2+O·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 26 pts
14-Letter Words (3):
staphylococcal (28 points)
Relating to a harmful bacterium
S·1+T·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+L·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+C·3+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 28 pts
stereochemical (23 points)
""Pertaining to, or illustrating, the hypothetical space relations of atoms in the molecule; as, a stereo-chemic formula.as, a stereo-chemic formula.""
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 23 pts
subarachnoidal (22 points)
Situated under the arachnoid membrane.
S·1+U·1+B·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 22 pts
15-Letter Words (1):
sociohistorical (22 points)
Adjective (-ical)
S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+O·1+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 22 pts
16-Letter Words (1):
submitochondrial (26 points)
S·1+U·1+B·3+M·3+I·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 26 pts
18-Letter Words (1):
sociopsychological (33 points)
S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+O·1+P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 33 pts
20-Letter Words (2):
semiautobiographical (32 points)
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+B·3+I·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 32 pts
spectrophotometrical (33 points)
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 33 pts

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