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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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  • UPLANDISHadjectiveOld English3 findersOf or pertaining to uplands; pertaining to or situated in country districts.
  • UPMOSTadjectiveMiddle English8 findersUppermost.
  • UPONprepositionOld English12 findersalternative to on in most, though not all, prepositional uses.
  • UPPERadjectiveMiddle English2 findersAt a higher physical position, level, rank or order.
  • UPPERMOSTadjectiveMiddle English1 findersuperlative form of upper: most upper. At or nearest the top of something.
  • UPREACHverbMiddle English1 finderTo reach upward.
  • UPRIGHTadjectiveProto-Germanic3 findersVertical; erect.
  • UPRISEverbOld English3 findersTo rise; to get up.
  • UPRISTnounOld English4 findersUprising.
  • UPSENDverbMiddle English2 findersTo send, cast, or throw up; deliver; submit.
  • UPSETadjectiveMiddle English2 findersAngry, distressed, or unhappy
  • UPSHIFTnounMiddle English3 findersA shift to a higher gear.
  • UPSTANDverbMiddle English14 findersTo stand up; arise; be erect; rise.
  • UPTAKEnounMiddle English8 findersUnderstanding; comprehension.
  • UPTHROWverbMiddle English3 findersTo throw or cast upwards.
  • UPTURNnounMiddle English1 finderAn upward turn or trend, especially in business activity or profit.
  • UPWARDadverbOld English3 findersIn a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.
  • UPWARDSadverbOld English12 findersTowards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.
  • URACILnounGerman46 findersOne of the bases of RNA, pairing with adenine.
  • USEDverbMiddle English10 finderssimple past and past participle of use
  • USERnounMiddle English11 findersOne who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
  • USWARDadverbMiddle English9 findersToward us.
  • UTTERadjectiveOld English3 findersTo the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.
  • UTTERANCEnounMiddle English14 findersAn act of, or the process of, uttering.
  • UTTERMOSTadjectiveMiddle English4 finderssuperlative form of utter: most utter; situated at the most distant limit; farthest, outermost.
  • VAGRANTnounOld Norse116 findersA person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer.
  • VAINGLORYnounGerman226 findersExcessive vanity.
  • VAINLYadverbMiddle English17 findersIn a vain pursuit; to no avail.
  • VALANCEDadjectiveMiddle English7 findersFurnished or ornamented with a valance.
  • VALKYRIEnounProto-Germanic46 findersAny of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.
  • VALONIAnounGerman5 findersAny member of the species Quercus macrolepis, now subspecies Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis or Quercus aegilops of European evergreen oak trees
  • VANDALISMnounGerman53 findersWillful damage to or destruction of any property, such as graffiti or defacement.
  • VANTAGEnounMiddle English49 findersAn advantage.
  • VARIETYnounOld English168 findersA deviation or difference. A specific variation of something. An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals
  • VARMINTnounMiddle English74 findersA pestilent or predatory ground-borne animal, especially one that kills or harasses a farmer's animals or crops.
  • VEERverbMiddle Dutch25 findersTo let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
  • VELDSKOENnounAfrikaans5 findersOriginally, a shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin; now generally a heavy boot for outdoor labour.
  • VENEERnounProto-Germanic4 findersA thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.
  • VENOMOUSLYadverbMiddle English171 findersIn a venomous manner; with venom.
  • VERBOTENadjectiveGerman46 finders(Strictly) forbidden or prohibited.
  • VERDICTnounOld English23 findersA decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
  • VERILYadverbMiddle English300 findersTruly; doubtless; honestly; in truth.
  • VERKLEMPTadjectiveGerman110 findersOvercome with emotion, choked up.
  • VERLIGTEnounAfrikaans1 finderA person with a verlig (enlightened) political attitude.
  • VERMOUTHnounGerman131 findersA dry, or sweet apéritif wine flavored with aromatic herbs, and often used in mixed drinks.
  • VERYadverbGerman9 findersTo a great extent or degree.
  • VEXEDadjectiveMiddle English170 findersannoyed, irritated or distressed
  • VEXINGverbMiddle English300 finderspresent participle and gerund of vex
  • VIALnounMiddle English83 findersA glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
  • VICIOUSLYadverbMiddle English141 findersIn a vicious manner; ferociously or maliciously.
  • VICTORIOUSLYadverbMiddle English52 findersIn a victorious manner; as part of a victory.
  • VIEWERnounMiddle English9 findersSomeone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator.
  • VIGNETTEnounMiddle English3 findersA running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
  • VIRTUOUSLYadverbMiddle English100 findersIn a virtuous manner.
  • VISITERnounMiddle English7 findersArchaic form of visitor.
  • VIXENnounProto-Germanic356 findersA female fox.
  • VLEInounDutch13 findersA shallow wetland or minor lake, generally a seasonal one, or the lowland where such a wetland appears seasonally.
  • VOETSEKinterjectionAfrikaans2 findersget lost! go away! An exclamation of dismissal or rejection.
  • VOIDERnounMiddle English27 findersOne who, or that which, voids, empties, vacates, or annuls.
  • VOLEnounProto-Germanic176 findersAny of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini.
  • VOLKnounAfrikaans32 findersThe Afrikaner people.
  • VORLAGEnounGerman5 findersA skiing position in which the skier leans forward while keeping their heels in contact with the skis.
  • VOUCHSAFEverbMiddle English175 findersTo graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.
  • VRAICnounGerman9 findersSeaweed gathered for use as a fertilizer or fuel.
  • VRAICSnounGerman7 findersSeaweed gathered for use as a fertilizer or fuel.
  • VROTadjectiveAfrikaans1 finderrotten
  • VROUnounAfrikaans5 findersA woman.
  • VROUWnounDutch29 findersA Dutchwoman.
  • WABBITadjectiveScots7 findersExhausted; tired.
  • WACKEnounGerman7 findersA soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.
  • WADMALnounOld Norse22 findersThick coarse heavily napped wool mostly (formerly) used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton.
  • WADSETnounMiddle English4 findersThe conveyance of land in pledge for a debt; a mortgage.
  • WAFERnounGerman97 findersA light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
  • WAFERYnounMiddle English17 findersA kitchen or building in which wafers and other pastries are prepared; the department of the royal household responsible for the preparation of wafers.
  • WAFTverbMiddle Dutch115 findersTo (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
  • WAFTERnounMiddle Low German21 findersArmed convoy or escort ship
  • WAGENBOOMnounAfrikaans1 finderA South African proteaceous tree (Protea nitida).
  • WAGERnounFrankish75 findersA bet; a stake; a pledge.
  • WAGGLEverbMiddle Low German3 findersTo move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
  • WAGONnounOld English61 findersA heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people).
  • WAGTAILnounMiddle English29 findersAny of various small passerine birds, principally of genus Motacilla, of the Old World, notable for their long tails.
  • WAILERnounMiddle English17 findersOne who wails or laments.
  • WAINSCOTnounMiddle Dutch269 findersAn area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
  • WAITERnounMiddle English46 findersA male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
  • WAITERINGSnounMiddle English2 findersA male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
  • WAITINGverbMiddle English40 finderspresent participle and gerund of wait
  • WAIVEverbGerman18 findersTo relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
  • WAKENverbProto-Germanic16 findersTo wake or rouse from sleep.
  • WAKERadjectiveProto-Germanic7 findersWatchful; vigilant; alert.
  • WALDGRAVEnounGerman5 findersThe head forestkeeper, or nobleman who held some power in forested areas, in the Holy Roman Empire, now Germany.
  • WALDHORNnounGerman5 findersA French horn.
  • WALKERnounMiddle English9 findersThe agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.
  • WALKINGverbProto-Germanic40 finderspresent participle and gerund of walk
  • WALNUTnounProto-Germanic22 findersA hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
  • WALRUSnounDutch101 findersA large Arctic pinniped having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
  • WAMBLEnounOld Norse43 findersNausea; seething; bubbling.
  • WAMEnounOld English32 findersThe belly.
  • WAMEDnounOld English3 findersThe belly.
  • WANDERverbGerman89 findersTo move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
  • WANDERERnounMiddle English1 finderOne who wanders, who travels aimlessly.

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