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Is wendigo a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wendigo is a Scrabble US word. The word wendigo is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is wendigo a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wendigo is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is wendigo a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word wendigo is a Words With Friends word. The word wendigo is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (3 found)

WENDIGO,WIDGEON,WONGIED,

6-letter words (5 found)

DEWING,DOWING,GOWNED,WIGEON,WINGED,

5-letter words (20 found)

DEIGN,DINGE,DINGO,DOGIE,DOING,DOWIE,DWINE,ENDOW,GEOID,GWINE,INDEW,INDOW,NOWED,OWING,OWNED,WIDEN,WINED,WINGE,WODGE,WONGI,

4-letter words (31 found)

DENI,DINE,DING,DINO,DOEN,DOGE,DONE,DONG,DOWN,ENOW,GIED,GIEN,GNOW,GONE,GOWD,GOWN,INGO,NIDE,NIED,NODE,NODI,ONIE,OWED,OWIE,WEID,WEND,WIDE,WIND,WINE,WING,WINO,

3-letter words (47 found)

DEG,DEI,DEN,DEW,DIE,DIG,DIN,DOE,DOG,DON,DOW,EGO,END,ENG,EON,GED,GEN,GEO,GID,GIE,GIN,GIO,GOD,GOE,GON,IDE,ING,ION,NED,NEG,NEW,NID,NIE,NOD,NOG,NOW,ODE,ONE,OWE,OWN,WED,WEN,WIG,WIN,WOE,WOG,WON,

2-letter words (20 found)

DE,DI,DO,ED,EN,EW,GI,GO,ID,IN,IO,NE,NO,OD,OE,OI,ON,OW,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 127 words from wendigo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of wendigo

wendigo

Etymology

Borrowed from Ojibwe wiindigoo, from Proto-Algonquian *wi·nteko·wa (“owl; malevolent spirit, cannibalistic monster”). Compare Cree wihtikow, ᐃᐧᐦᑎᑯᐤ (iyhtikow, “greedy person; cannibal; giant man-eating monster”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɛndɪɡəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɛndiɡoʊ/
  • Hyphenation: wen‧di‧go

Noun

wendigo (plural wendigo or wendigos or wendigoes)

  1. (mythology) A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder.
    Synonyms: wetiko, wihtikow, witigo, (derived from Cree) witiko
  2. Synonym of splake (“kind of hybrid fish”)

Alternative forms

  • weendigo, wiindigoo, windago, windiga, windigo, witigo

Derived terms

  • wendigo psychosis

Translations

Further reading

  • wendigo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “windigo”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • Weidong, widgeon

Source: wiktionary.org