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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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  • WRETCHEDLYadverbMiddle English43 findersIn a wretched manner.
  • WRIGHTnounGerman159 findersA builder or maker of something.
  • WRINGERnounMiddle English2 findersOne who wrings. One who uses a wringer (machine).
  • WRINKLEnounMiddle English23 findersA small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
  • WRISTnounSwedish74 findersThe complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
  • WRITERnounOld English8 findersA person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".
  • WRITHINGadjectiveMiddle English147 findersBended in twisting struggle.
  • WRITINGnounOld English14 findersGraphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
  • WRONGFULadjectiveMiddle English79 finderswrong or unjust
  • WRONGLYadverbMiddle English50 findersIn violation of a moral or other standard, code, or convention; in an unfair, unjust, dishonest, or immoral manner; wrongly convicted is synonymous with wrongful conviction and mis
  • WRONGOUSadjectiveOld English8 findersWrongful; not right; unjust; illegal.
  • WURZELnounGerman13 findersA rural, unsophisticated person; a bumpkin.
  • WYCHnounOld English67 findersA brine spring or well.
  • WYNDnounMiddle English85 findersA narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses.
  • WYRMnounOld English157 findersA huge limbless and wingless dragon or dragonlike creature. A sea serpent.
  • YACHTnounDutch108 findersA slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.
  • YAGERnounGerman15 findersA heavy, muzzle-loading hunting rifle
  • YAMMERverbMiddle Dutch3 findersTo complain peevishly.
  • YANKnounScots11 findersA sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
  • YANQUInounDutch10 findersA citizen of the United States of America, as opposed to a Latin American.
  • YAREadjectiveProto-Germanic53 findersReady; prepared.
  • YARKverbGerman15 finders(Can we verify this sense?) To make ready; prepare.
  • YARROWnounGerman2 findersAny of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine.
  • YATEnounProto-Germanic15 findersObsolete form of gate.
  • YAUDnounOld Norse8 findersA workhorse; an old or worn-out mare.
  • YAWPverbMiddle English102 findersTo yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise.
  • YCLEPTadjectiveProto-Germanic232 findersCalled (by a certain name), named.
  • YEARENDnounMiddle English4 findersThe end of a year, especially a financial year.
  • YEARLINGnounMiddle English95 findersAn animal that is between one and two years old; one that is in its second year (but not yet two full years old).
  • YEARNFULadjectiveOld English1 finderFilled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.
  • YEASTnounProto-Germanic82 findersAn often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
  • YEDEverbOld English7 finderssimple past of go, now replaced by went.
  • YEDESverbOld English5 finderssimple past of go, now replaced by went.
  • YEDINGverbOld English3 finderssimple past of go, now replaced by went.
  • YELLverbProto-Germanic1 finderTo shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
  • YELLINGverbMiddle English1 finderpresent participle and gerund of yell
  • YELLOWISHadjectiveMiddle English2 findersSomewhat yellow in colour.
  • YELPERnounMiddle English7 findersOne who yelps.
  • YELPINGverbOld English24 finderspresent participle and gerund of yelp
  • YELTnounScots15 findersA young sow who has not yet had a litter.
  • YENTAnounYiddish97 findersA woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.
  • YEOMANnounMiddle English258 findersAn official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page. Especially, a yeoman of the guard, a member of a ceremonial bodygua
  • YERDnounMiddle English8 findersA yard, plot of ground around a building or fenced paddock.
  • YERKverbOld English6 findersTo stab (someone or something).
  • YESTERadverbOld English74 findersYesterday.
  • YESTREENnounOld English1 finderThe night before; last night.
  • YEUKnounGerman8 findersitch, a prickly feeling
  • YEWENadjectiveOld English16 findersMade from the wood of the yew tree.
  • YFEREadverbOld English10 findersTogether.
  • YIELDERnounGerman18 findersSomeone or something that yields a crop or other product.
  • YIELDINGverbOld English53 finderspresent participle and gerund of yield
  • YODELverbGerman163 findersTo sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.
  • YOGHnounOld English14 findersA letter of the Middle English alphabet (capital Ȝ, small ȝ), in form derived from the Old English shape of the letter g, and used to represent various palatal and velar sounds.
  • YOHIMBEnounGerman6 findersAn African tree Pausinystalia johimbe
  • YOKELnounGerman134 findersA person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.
  • YOLDverbOld English3 finderssimple past of yield.
  • YOLKnounOld English32 findersThe yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.
  • YONDadjectiveOld English38 findersFurther; more distant.
  • YONDERadverbOld English389 findersAt or in a distant but indicated place.
  • YONKERnounDutch14 findersObsolete spelling of younker.
  • YOREnounProto-Germanic90 findersA time long past.
  • YOUNGTHnounMiddle English3 findersyouth; the quality of being young
  • YOUNGTHSnounMiddle English1 finderyouth; the quality of being young
  • YOUNKERnounMiddle Dutch10 findersA young man; a lad, youngster.
  • YOURdeterminerProto-Germanic44 findersBelonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
  • YOURNpronounMiddle English7 findersYours.
  • YOURSpronounMiddle English8 findersThat or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
  • YOURSELFpronounMiddle English35 findersYour own self (singular).
  • YOUTHnounProto-Germanic72 findersThe quality or state of being young.
  • YOWEnounOld English13 findersA ewe; a female sheep.
  • YOWEDnounOld English7 findersA ewe; a female sheep.
  • YOWINGnounOld English4 findersA ewe; a female sheep.
  • YOWLnounScots46 findersA prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
  • YULETIDEnounSwedish140 findersAlternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”).
  • YUTZnounYiddish16 findersA foolish, incompetent, awkward, or contemptible person.
  • ZAFTIGadjectiveGerman104 findersHaving a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large.
  • ZOOMnounScots14 findersA humming noise from something moving very fast.
  • ZORGITEnounGerman1 finderA composite mineral containing umangite, clausthalite, and other minerals.

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