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Is wolf a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wolf is a Scrabble US word. The word wolf is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (3 found)

FLOW,FOWL,WOLF,

3-letter words (3 found)

LOW,OWL,WOF,

2-letter words (4 found)

LO,OF,OW,WO,

You can make 10 words from wolf according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of wolf

wolf owlf wlof lwof olwf lowf wofl owfl wfol fwol ofwl fowl wlfo lwfo wflo fwlo lfwo flwo olfw lofw oflw folw lfow flow

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Definitions and meaning of wolf

wolf

Etymology

From Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf, ƿulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

See also Saterland Frisian Wulf, West Frisian and Dutch wolf, German Wolf, Norwegian and Danish ulv; also Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka), Persian گرگ (gorg), Lithuanian vilkas, Russian волк (volk), Albanian ujk, Latin lupus, Greek λύκος (lýkos), Tocharian B walkwe). Doublet of lobo and lupus.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wo͝olf
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wʊlf/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /wʊlf/, [wʊ̠ɫf], [wɫ̩f]
    • .** (New Zealand) IPA(key): /wʊlf/, [wʊwf]
  • enPR: wo͝of, IPA(key): /wʊf/ (now nonstandard)
  • enPR: wŭlf, IPA(key): /wʌlf/ (obsolete)
  • Rhymes: -ʊlf

Noun

wolf (plural wolves)

  1. Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
    Synonym: grey wolf
    1. Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.
  2. A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
  3. (music) A wolf tone or wolf note.
  4. (figurative) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
  5. One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
  6. A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of Nemapogon granella, a tineid moth.
  7. A wolf spider.
  8. (obsolete) An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.
  9. A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow.

Synonyms

  • loafer, lobo, lofer, loper, lover (Southwestern US dialects)

Hypernyms

  • (large wild canid): Canis lupus, canid

Hyponyms

  • (large wild canid): she-wolf, wolfess

Coordinate terms

  • (large wild canid): dingo, dog (members of Canis lupus not called wolf); coyote, jackal, fox (other canids)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Ido: volfo (also from German)

Translations

References

  • “wolf”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Verb

wolf (third-person singular simple present wolfs, present participle wolfing, simple past and past participle wolfed)

  1. (transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
  2. (intransitive, slang) To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
  3. (intransitive) To hunt for wolves.

Alternative forms

  • wolve (rare)

Synonyms

  • (devour, gobble): gulp down, wolf down

Translations

References

Further reading

  • wolf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • flow, fowl

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch wolf, from Middle Dutch wolf, from Old Dutch *wulf, *wolf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Pronunciation

Noun

wolf (plural wolwe)

  1. wolf

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German wolf, from Old High German wolf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz. Cognate with German Wolf, Dutch wolf, English wolf, Icelandic úlfur.

Noun

wolf m

  1. (Carcoforo, Formazza, Gressoney, Issime, Rimella and Campello Monti) wolf

References

  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wolf, from Old Dutch *wulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɔlf/
  • Hyphenation: wolf
  • Rhymes: -ɔlf

Noun

wolf m (plural wolven, diminutive wolfje n, feminine wolvin)

  1. wolf, undomesticated Canis lupus
  2. one of many other canids of the family Canidae, especially of the genus Canis

Hypernyms

  • hondachtige

Hypernyms

  • hond

Holonyms

  • roedel

Derived terms

Related terms

  • welp

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: wolf
  • Jersey Dutch: wâlf
  • Negerhollands: wuluwuluk
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: wuluwuluk (dated)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *wulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Noun

wolf m

  1. wolf, grey wolf

Inflection

Derived terms

  • wēerwolf

Descendants

  • Dutch: wolf
    • Afrikaans: wolf
    • Jersey Dutch: wâlf
    • Negerhollands: wuluwuluk
      • → Virgin Islands Creole: wuluwuluk (dated)
  • Limburgish: wólf

Further reading

  • “wolf (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wolf (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • wulf, woulf, wolfe

Etymology

From Old English wulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wulf/

Noun

wolf (plural wolves, diminutive wolfy, wolfie)

  1. wolf, lupine
  2. terrifying person

Descendants

  • English: wolf, wolve
    • → Ido: volfo (also from German)
  • Scots: wolf, woulf, wouff

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German wolf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Noun

wolf m

  1. wolf

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: wolf (Italian Walser)
  • Bavarian: Woif, Wolf
    Cimbrian: bolf
    Mòcheno: bolf
    Udinese: bolf, bölf
  • German: Wolf
  • Hunsrik: Wollef
  • Luxembourgish: Wollef
  • Pennsylvania German: Wolf
  • Vilamovian: wūf
  • Yiddish: וואָלף (volf)

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wolf/

Noun

wolf m (plural wolfa)

  1. wolf

Declension

Derived terms

  • wolfbizzo
  • Wolfgang

Descendants

  • Middle High German: wolf
    • Alemannic German: wolf (Italian Walser)
    • Bavarian: Woif, Wolf
      Cimbrian: bolf
      Mòcheno: bolf
      Udinese: bolf, bölf
    • German: Wolf
    • Hunsrik: Wollef
    • Luxembourgish: Wollef
    • Pennsylvania German: Wolf
    • Vilamovian: wūf
    • Yiddish: וואָלף (volf)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wolf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Noun

wolf c (plural wolven, diminutive wolfke)

  1. wolf

Further reading

  • “wolf”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org