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Yes. The word dogfish is a Scrabble US word. The word dogfish is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word dogfish is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

DOGFISH,

5-letter words (4 found)

FIDOS,FIGOS,FOIDS,SHOGI,

4-letter words (26 found)

DIFS,DIGS,DISH,DOGS,DOHS,DOSH,FIDO,FIDS,FIGO,FIGS,FISH,FOGS,FOID,GHIS,GIDS,GIFS,GIOS,GODS,GOSH,HODS,HOGS,HOIS,SHOD,SHOG,SIDH,SIGH,

3-letter words (39 found)

DIF,DIG,DIS,DOF,DOG,DOH,DOS,DSO,FID,FIG,FOG,FOH,GHI,GID,GIF,GIO,GIS,GOD,GOS,HID,HIS,HOD,HOG,HOI,HOS,IDS,IFS,IOS,ISH,ISO,ODS,OHS,OIS,SHO,SIF,SIG,SOD,SOG,SOH,

2-letter words (18 found)

DI,DO,GI,GO,HI,HO,ID,IF,IO,IS,OD,OF,OH,OI,OS,SH,SI,SO,

You can make 88 words from dogfish according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dogfish

dogfish

Alternative forms

  • dog-fish

Etymology

dog +‎ fish. Compare Greek σκυλόψαρο (skylópsaro, “dogfish”), Latin canicula (“dogfish”, literally “little dog”), Italian pescecane (“dogfish”), French chien de mer (literally “dog of the sea”), German Meerhund (literally “seadog”) and Hundfisch (“dogfish”), and English seadog. For non-Indo-European cognates, see Maltese kelb il-baħar (literally “dog of the sea”) and Turkish köpek balığı (“shark”), likely calques from Indo-European languages.

Noun

dogfish (plural dogfish or dogfishes)

  1. Any of various small sharks
    1. especially those from the family Squalidae
    2. a catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae
    3. a kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae
    4. (UK) Scyliorhinus canicula or Scyliorhinus stellaris
    5. (Azores Is.) Scyliorhinus canicula
    6. (Canada) Squalus suckleyi
    7. (Bermuda) Mustelus canis
    8. (Barbados) Bodianus rufus
    9. (Guyana) Ginglymostoma cirratum or Mustelus canis
    10. (Trinidad and Tobago) Ginglymostoma cirratum
    11. (Namibia) Squalus acanthias, Squalus blainville, Squalus megalops, or Squalus mitsukurii
  2. (US) The bowfin, Amia calva.

Synonyms

  • seadog

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • dog salmon (Oncorhynchus keta, salmon family)
  • catfish
  • flake
  • smooth hound (sharks in genus Mustelus)
  • waterdog

Further reading

  • Dogfish shark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org