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Words players have found whose deepest named ancestor belongs to the Germanic family. A family is a group of languages, so this is wider than any single one of them.

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  • SCHUITnounDutch2 findersA flat-bottomed Dutch river-boat; a barge.
  • SCHWARZLOTnounGerman5 findersA kind of black enamel decoration applied to glass etc.
  • SCIONnounOld English337 findersA descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
  • SCOFFnounGerman3 findersA derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
  • SCOLDnounProto-Germanic23 findersA person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.
  • SCOOTnounMiddle English13 findersA swift movement or trip
  • SCOPnounOld English39 findersA poet or minstrel in Anglo-Saxon England.
  • SCOPOLAMINEnounGerman41 findersA poisonous alkaloid C17H21NO4 similar to atropine that is found in various solanaceous plants and is used for its anticholinergic effects (such as preventing nausea in motion sick
  • SCORBUTICadjectiveGerman6 findersOf, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy.
  • SCORNFULadjectiveMiddle English43 findersShowing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous; scathing; withering.
  • SCORNFULLYadverbMiddle English1 finderIn a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively.
  • SCOURERnounMiddle English1 finderA tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookware.
  • SCOURGEnounMiddle English148 findersA whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
  • SCOWnounDutch75 findersA large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
  • SCOWLnounGerman26 findersThe wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
  • SCRABBLEverbMiddle Dutch1 finderTo scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.
  • SCRAGnounDanish55 findersA thin or scrawny person or animal.
  • SCRAMBverbGerman1 finderTo scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw, to scram.
  • SCRAMBLEverbDutch38 findersTo move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
  • SCRANnounOld Norse68 findersFood, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
  • SCRAPnounSwedish15 findersA (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
  • SCRAPINGnounMiddle English38 findersThe sound or action of something being scraped.
  • SCRATverbGerman33 findersTo scratch or scrape.
  • SCRAWLnounMiddle English23 findersIrregular, poor handwriting; especially, such writing that is illegible.
  • SCRAWMverbDutch3 findersTo tear or scratch.
  • SCRAWNYadjectiveOld Norse48 findersThin, malnourished, and weak.
  • SCREAMnounDanish21 findersA loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.
  • SCREEnounIcelandic103 findersLoose stony debris on a slope.
  • SCREECHnounProto-Germanic5 findersA high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.
  • SCREWnounIcelandic9 findersA device that has a helical function. A simple machine, a helical inclined plane. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with
  • SCRIKEverbProto-Germanic3 findersTo shriek; to screech.
  • SCRIMPnounOld English69 findersA pinching miser; a niggard.
  • SCRIPnounOld Norse76 findersA small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
  • SCRODnounMiddle Dutch60 findersAny cod, pollock, haddock, or other whitefish.
  • SCROTEnounIcelandic33 findersThe scrotum.
  • SCROWnounProto-Germanic11 findersscroll
  • SCRUBadjectiveOld English15 findersMean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
  • SCRUMPnounOld English78 findersAnything small or undersized.
  • SCUDadjectiveMiddle Dutch89 findersNaked.
  • SCUFTnounProto-Germanic6 findersscruff; nape of the neck
  • SCUGnounProto-Germanic17 findersShade, shadow.
  • SCULLnounOld Norse3 findersA single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
  • SCUNNERverbMiddle English3 findersTo be sick of.
  • SCUPPERnounDutch13 findersA drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
  • SCUTnounIcelandic88 findersA hare; a hare as the game in a hunt.
  • SCUTTLEnounGerman17 findersA container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
  • SEABANKnounMiddle English1 finderA bank or mole to defend against the sea.
  • SEABOARDnounMiddle English4 findersThe area bordering the sea; a coastline; a sealine.
  • SEAFARINGadjectiveMiddle English30 findersLiving one's life at sea.
  • SEAFOWLnounOld English3 findersAny bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters or over the oceans.
  • SEAMnounProto-Germanic10 findersA folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
  • SEAMANnounOld English12 findersSynonym of sailor, particularly on a maritime vessel.
  • SEAMEDadjectiveMiddle English1 finderHaving or furnished with seams.
  • SEAMERnounOld English6 findersA person who sews seams.
  • SEAMSTERnounOld English2 findersA person who sews clothes professionally.
  • SEARCHnounGerman12 findersAn attempt to find something.
  • SEAWARDadjectiveMiddle English33 findersBeing in or facing towards the sea.
  • SEAWATERnounOld English6 findersThe saltwater of a sea or ocean.
  • SEAWAYnounOld English5 findersA lane or route at sea that is regularly used by ships; a sea lane or trade route.
  • SEBACEOUSadjectiveProto-Germanic9 findersOf or relating to fat, sebum.
  • SECONDARILYadverbMiddle English13 findersIn a secondary manner or degree. With lesser importance.
  • SECRETIVEadjectiveMiddle English2 findersHaving an inclination to secrecy.
  • SEEDYadjectiveMiddle English21 findersLiteral senses: Containing or full of seeds.
  • SEEKERnounProto-Germanic3 findersOne who seeks.
  • SEEMINGLYadverbMiddle English34 findersAs it appears; apparently.
  • SEEMLYadjectiveOld Norse14 findersOf behavior, appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
  • SEERnounMiddle English49 findersOne who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
  • SEETHINGadjectiveMiddle English45 findersFilled with unexpressed anger; in a state of being livid.
  • SEICHEnounGerman22 findersA short-term standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, or other confined body of water such as a fjord, characteristic of its geometry.
  • SEIDELnounGerman2 findersA large beer mug or tankard, especially one with a lid.
  • SEIZEverbOld English3 findersTo deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
  • SELCOUTHadjectiveOld English66 findersStrange, unusual, rare; unfamiliar; marvellous, wondrous.
  • SELDnounOld English4 findersA seat, throne.
  • SELDOMadverbProto-Germanic65 findersInfrequently, rarely.
  • SELEnounProto-Germanic5 findersHappiness, fortune.
  • SELFDOMnounOld English2 findersselfhood.
  • SELKIEnounScots144 findersA seal which can magically transform into a human by shedding its skin.
  • SELTZERnounGerman9 findersEllipsis of seltzer water.
  • SELVAGEnounDutch67 findersThe edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.
  • SENDABLEadjectiveMiddle English1 finderCapable of being sent.
  • SENESCHALnounProto-Germanic11 findersA steward, particularly one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.
  • SERIOUSadjectiveOld English1 finderWithout humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition.
  • SERIOUSLYadverbMiddle English3 findersIn a serious or literal manner.
  • SERPENTnounOld English40 findersA snake. Alternative letter-case form of Serpent.
  • SETTERnounMiddle English5 findersA typesetter.
  • SETTLEverbGerman2 findersTo conclude or resolve (something): To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
  • SEVENFOLDadjectiveOld English12 findersSeven times as much; multiplied by seven.
  • SEVENTHadjectiveProto-Germanic6 findersThe ordinal form of the number seven.
  • SEVENTYnumeralProto-Germanic17 findersThe cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.
  • SHADnounOld English110 findersAny one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
  • SHADOWYadjectiveMiddle English144 findersIn shadow; darkened by shadows.
  • SHAGREENnounGerman13 findersAn untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray.
  • SHAKENadjectiveMiddle English34 findersMoved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. Of a drink, especially a cocktail: mixed by being agitated with ice in a shaker.
  • SHALLOPnounDutch1 finderA kind of light boat. A shallow-draft riverboat. A dinghy.
  • SHALTverbGerman36 finderssecond-person singular simple present indicative of shall
  • SHAMEnounProto-Germanic34 findersAn uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
  • SHAMEFACEDadjectiveOld English10 findersBashful, showing modesty or embarrassment.
  • SHAMEFULadjectiveOld English113 findersCausing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
  • SHAMEFULLYadverbMiddle English3 findersIn a shameful manner.
  • SHAPEnounNorwegian14 findersThe status or condition of something

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