Rated PG
Symbols!
Word Words
Rooted
Body Parts
Potpourri
100
Aglet
A tag or sheath, as of plastic, on the end of a lace, cord, or ribbon
100
Interrobang
A punctuation mark in the form of a question mark superimposed on an exclamation point
100
Palindrome
A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward
100
Defenestration
The act of throwing out a window
100
Philtrum
The shallow groove running down the center of the outer surface of the upper lip.
100
Petrichor
The distinctive scent which accompanies the first rain after a long warm dry spell.
200
Tine
A prong on an implement such as a fork or pitchfork.
200
Octothorpe
200
Mononymous
Having a single-word name
200
Biblioklept
Someone who steals books
200
Tragus
A small pointed eminence of the external ear
200
Zugzwang
A situation in which one is disadvantaged by their obligation to make a move.
300
Tittle
A small diacritic mark, such as an accent, vowel mark, or dot over an i.
300
Pilcrow
A glyph used to identify a paragraph separator
300
Contronym
A word with two opposite meanings, e.g. Dust, Weather
300
Googlegänger
Someone who shares your name, thus ruining your google results
300
Lunula
The crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail
300
Snood
A fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's body.
400
Peen
The end of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface, often wedge-shaped or ball-shaped
400
Lemniscate
One of a number of figure-8 curves
400
Aphthong
A letter or combination of letters employed in spelling a word but not pronounced
400
Peladophobia
Fear of bald people, or fear of going bald
400
Lingual Frenulum
A small fold of tissue that secures the motion of a mobile organ in the body -- The tongue in particular.
400
Ferrule
A metal ring or cap placed around a pole or shaft for reinforcement or to prevent splitting.
500
Muntin
A strip of wood or metal separating and holding panes of glass in a window.
500
Grawlix
The use of nonsense symbols to represent profanity.
500
Vocables
A word considered only as a sequence of sounds or letters rather than as a unit of meaning
500
Rhinotillexomania
Compulsive Nose-Picking
500
Acnestis
The part of an animal's skin that it cannot reach to scratch itself - usually the space between the shoulder blades.
500
Plectrum
A guitar pick!