Definitions for maggot

maggot mag·got

Spelling: [mag-uh t]
IPA: /ˈmæg ət/

Maggot is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in maggot (aggmot).

Definitions for maggot

noun

  1. a soft-bodied, legless larva of certain flies.
  2. Archaic. an odd fancy; whim.

Origin of maggot

1425-75; late Middle English magot, magat, unexplained variant of maddock, Middle English mathek Old Norse mathkr; akin to Danish maddik maggot, Old English matha, mathu grub, maggot, Old Hig

Examples for maggot

maggot explained how he had obtained the jewels, and then asked what they were worth.

We see the acorn grow into the oak, the egg into the bird, the maggot into the butterfly.

It is unnecessary to say that maggot wrought with might and main.

“Zackey, my son,” said maggot while he continued his toilet.

Then he'll get a kind of maggot in the brain, and squander every sixpence he can lay hands on.

When grown with the former, they are said to be less affected by the maggot.

She's got some maggot in her brain, and she wants to air it.

My aunt Jane would not come for some maggot or other; and as for Jem!

maggot and his friend consented to this delay, and left the room.

He staggered to his feet, and saw that his visitors were the two villains, maggot and Bloodhound.

Word Value for maggot
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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