wolf
Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
Noun 4 meanings
Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
A wolf tone or wolf note.
“The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.”
Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
“They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.”
Verb 2 meanings
To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
To hunt for wolves.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf, ƿulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Doublet of lobo and lupus.
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WOLF at a glance
WOLF has 4 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (W 4 + O 1 + L 1 + F 4) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,918 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with wolf
All rhymes- GOLF8
- WEREWOLF17
- ROLF7
- MINIGOLF14
- WARWOLF16
- AARDWOLF15
- WERWOLF16
- EARTHWOLF18
- STRANDWOLF17
One letter away
- GOLF8
- ROLF7
- WOOF10
- WOLD8
- WOWF13
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