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4-Letter Words (9):
wail (7 points)
Play a sax solo, maybe
Siren song (wordplay)
Emulate a Bob Marley band member, say
W·4+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 7 pts
wall (7 points)
Pink Floyd album (with "The")
Return pass at Eton (wordplay)
WSJ section (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 7 pts
waul (7 points)
Make high-pitched, whiny noises
Whine like a cat
Cry loudly, as a cat
W·4+A·1+U·1+L·1 = 7 pts
wawl (10 points)
To cry like a cat
W·4+A·1+W·4+L·1 = 10 pts
weal (7 points)
Streak left by blow of stick or whip
Mark left by whip
1968 live folk album
W·4+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 7 pts
weel (7 points)
Basket for fish
Slotted trap for fish Eng.
Healthy Scot.
W·4+E·1+E·1+L·1 = 7 pts
well (7 points)
You were saying ... (wordplay)
You were saying... (wordplay)
Spring satisfactory? Fancy that!
W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 7 pts
will (7 points)
Shakespeare's intention (wordplay)
Kind of power (wordplay)
Wish to leave paper? Over my dead body!
W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 7 pts
wool (7 points)
Sheep's clothing (wordplay)
It keeps ewe covered (wordplay)
Something to gather (wordplay)
W·4+O·1+O·1+L·1 = 7 pts
5-Letter Words (6):
wedel (9 points)
""To perform a skiing technique, also WEDELN""
W·4+E·1+D·2+E·1+L·1 = 9 pts
wheal (11 points)
Initially wonder cure could be mine
Effect of a lashing
Ridge on the skin.
W·4+H·4+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
wheel (11 points)
Lance Armstrong is certainly a big one!
Sajak's show, say
Turning point (wordplay)
W·4+H·4+E·1+E·1+L·1 = 11 pts
whirl (11 points)
A trial spin (wordplay)
What a revolver does (wordplay)
Spin or reel
W·4+H·4+I·1+R·1+L·1 = 11 pts
whorl (11 points)
Ring on a finger (wordplay)
Tiny ring on a finger (wordplay)
Circular ridge of a fingerprint.
W·4+H·4+O·1+R·1+L·1 = 11 pts
woful (11 points)
""Full of grief, also WOEFUL""
W·4+O·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 11 pts
6-Letter Words (12):
wadmal (12 points)
""Thick, coarse woollen cloth, also WADMAAL, WADMEL, WADMOL, WADMOLL""
W·4+A·1+D·2+M·3+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
wadmel (12 points)
""Thick, coarse woollen cloth, also WADMAL, WADMAAL, WADMOL, WADMOLL""
W·4+A·1+D·2+M·3+E·1+L·1 = 12 pts
wadmol (12 points)
""Thick, coarse woollen cloth, also WADMAL, WADMAAL, WADMEL, WADMOLL""
W·4+A·1+D·2+M·3+O·1+L·1 = 12 pts
waeful (12 points)
Sad: Scot.
Sad Scot.
W·4+A·1+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 12 pts
weasel (9 points)
Creature in a pop song (wordplay)
Rhyme 'popper' with 'propper' (wordplay)
Saw eel (anagram)
W·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+L·1 = 9 pts
weevil (12 points)
One that's a bore (wordplay)
Do we live with the beetle (wordplay)
Type of beetle (WE LIVE anagram)
W·4+E·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+L·1 = 12 pts
wilful (12 points)
Deliberate - unreasonably stubborn
Done deliberately, not an accident
'...... waste makes woeful want'
W·4+I·1+L·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 12 pts
withal (12 points)
Besides, old style.
Here's that funny fellow Henry as well
Henry is a funny fellow as well
W·4+I·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
wittol (9 points)
A man who tolerates his wife's infidelity
W·4+I·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+L·1 = 9 pts
woeful (12 points)
Terrible foul ... we exploded!
Of poor quality
"Wilful waste makes . . . . . . want"
W·4+O·1+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 12 pts
wormil (11 points)
A lump in the skin of an animal's back
W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+L·1 = 11 pts
wurzel (18 points)
A variety of beef
W·4+U·1+R·1+Z·10+E·1+L·1 = 18 pts
7-Letter Words (13):
wadmaal (13 points)
""Thick, coarse woollen cloth, also WADMAL, WADMEL, WADMOL, WADMOLL""
W·4+A·1+D·2+M·3+A·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
wadmoll (13 points)
""Thick, coarse woollen cloth, also WADMAL, WADMAAL, WADMEL, WADMOL""
W·4+A·1+D·2+M·3+O·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts
wagtail (11 points)
Small bird (pied/yellow)
Slender songbird - a law git (anagram)
Songbird - gala wit (anagram)
W·4+A·1+G·2+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 11 pts
wailful (13 points)
Lamenting
W·4+A·1+I·1+L·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 13 pts
wakeful (17 points)
Unable to sleep
Like a good night watchman
Alert, vigilant
W·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 17 pts
wameful (15 points)
""A bellyful, also WAMEFOU""
W·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 15 pts
wassail (10 points)
Christmas spirit (wordplay)
Sing Christmas carols
Beverage for toasting purposes.
W·4+A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 10 pts
wastrel (10 points)
The rest in law will do for one no good
Good-for-nothing
Walter's terrible idler
W·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+L·1 = 10 pts
waxbill (19 points)
Seed-eating bird
Bird to grow beak
W·4+A·1+X·8+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 19 pts
waybill (15 points)
Shipper's inventory
Goods list
List of items distributed by a will (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+Y·4+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 15 pts
willful (13 points)
Done by design, as disobedience
Like an estate attorney's file cabinet (wordplay)
Headstrong
W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 13 pts
wishful (16 points)
Desirous sort of thinking (wordplay)
Like some thinking
It's being in want
W·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 16 pts
wistful (13 points)
Filled with longing.
Showing vague longing
Hung up on what could have been
W·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 13 pts
8-Letter Words (19):
warragal (12 points)
""A dingo, also WARRAGLE, WARRAGUL, WARRIGAL""
W·4+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
warrigal (12 points)
""A dingo, also WARRAGAL""
W·4+A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
washbowl (19 points)
Fancy bathroom sink (2 words)
Postseason game for dirty players?
Postseason game for dirty players (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+B·3+O·1+W·4+L·1 = 19 pts
wasteful (14 points)
Awful set (anagram)
Opposite of thrifty
Had been a flute player and profligate
W·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts
watchful (19 points)
Like a jeweler's case (wordplay)
Timer almost jammed, causing alert
Vigilant type in study treating flu
W·4+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 19 pts
weariful (14 points)
Vexatious
W·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts
whimbrel (18 points)
Migratory curlew
Small curlew
W·4+H·4+I·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+E·1+L·1 = 18 pts
whiptail (16 points)
""A lizard with a long, slender tail""
W·4+H·4+I·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 16 pts
wildfowl (18 points)
Wolf, perhaps, gets duck
Angry report on Dirty Duck (wordplay)
Grouse and pheasant, for instance
W·4+I·1+L·1+D·2+F·4+O·1+W·4+L·1 = 18 pts
windfall (15 points)
Double down (wordplay)
Piece of luck (but it might be bruised)
Unexpected piece of luck
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+F·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 15 pts
windgall (13 points)
A swelling around the fetlock joints
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+G·2+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts
windmill (14 points)
This gets blown around to make ground
Mini-golf obstacle
Power generator with sails
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 14 pts
woolfell (14 points)
A {woolskin=n}
W·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+F·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 14 pts
worthful (17 points)
""Having merit, also WORTHY""
W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 17 pts
wrackful (20 points)
Destructive
W·4+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 20 pts
wrathful (17 points)
In high dudgeon
Hardly kindly
Extremely angry
W·4+R·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 17 pts
wreckful (20 points)
Destructive
W·4+R·1+E·1+C·3+K·5+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 20 pts
wrongful (15 points)
Unfair getting bad flu after injustice
Unjust or illegal
Illegal width - furlong out
W·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 15 pts
wrothful (17 points)
""Wrathful, also WROTH""
W·4+R·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 17 pts
9-Letter Words (8):
waterfall (15 points)
Bridal Veil, for one.
The ebbing tide (wordplay)
Drop of liquid (wordplay)
W·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+F·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 15 pts
waterfowl (18 points)
Aquatic game birds
Duck this when it sounds unfit to drink
Swimming birds
W·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+F·4+O·1+W·4+L·1 = 18 pts
whimsical (19 points)
Capricious rule upholds that man thus
Fanciful or playful
Word for Milne's works.
W·4+H·4+I·1+M·3+S·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 19 pts
whirlpool (17 points)
Charybdis, for one
Eddy's to play polo (wordplay)
Physical therapy device
W·4+H·4+I·1+R·1+L·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+L·1 = 17 pts
whitetail (15 points)
Deer feature, perhaps
Virginia deer.
W·4+H·4+I·1+T·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 15 pts
whitewall (18 points)
Tire on the road
Tire type with two-tone sidewall
Well, I thaw out tire
W·4+H·4+I·1+T·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 18 pts
windchill (18 points)
Winter weather factor
Freezing weather factor
Weather factor
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 18 pts
wonderful (16 points)
Flew round in a flap, that's marvellous!
End of the thought
Copenhagen, in song
W·4+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 16 pts
10-Letter Words (5):
waterwheel (19 points)
Wet and raw, spinning on bank? It may be
It goes round in the race
Quilt block with fourfold symmetry
W·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+W·4+H·4+E·1+E·1+L·1 = 19 pts
windowsill (17 points)
Planter box place (2 words)
Planter box locale
Spot for a flower pot
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+S·1+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 17 pts
winterkill (17 points)
""To kill by the cold, or exposure to the inclemency of winter; as, the wheat was winterkilled. as, the wheat was winterkilled.""
W·4+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 17 pts
withdrawal (20 points)
Retreat? Nevertheless, pull in
Taking money out for retirement
Act of taking money out of an account
W·4+I·1+T·1+H·4+D·2+R·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+L·1 = 20 pts
worshipful (21 points)
Devout argue over what Noah had in Ark (wordplay)
Pious argument repelled all on aboard, you might say
W·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 21 pts
11-Letter Words (1):
wherewithal (23 points)
Means being enclosed in endless barrier
Money needed for some purpose
(The) necessary
W·4+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1 = 23 pts
12-Letter Words (1):
whippoorwill (25 points)
North American goatsucker
North American nightjar
Nocturnal bird with an onomatopoeic name
W·4+H·4+I·1+P·3+P·3+O·1+O·1+R·1+W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 25 pts

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