Definitions for marmot

marmot mar·mot

Spelling: [mahr-muh t]
IPA: /ˈmɑr mət/

Marmot is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in marmot (ammort).

Definitions for marmot

noun

  1. any bushy-tailed, stocky rodent of the genus Marmota, as the woodchuck.
  2. any of certain related animals, as the prairie dogs.

Origin of marmot

1600-10; French marmotte, Old French, apparently noun derivative of marmotter to mutter, murmur (referring to the whistling noises made by such animals), equivalent to marm- imitative base de

Examples for marmot

And the weight of the marmot, pulling downward, drew the slipknot tight.

The marmot in a few minutes ran out of his hole to a neighbor's doorway.

And as for “marmot”—that began to have quite a fine sound in his ears.

Then they took the marmot out of the trap and carried it to the cave.

Those are to help him dig, for all the marmot family are great diggers.

A marmot, perhaps,” said Melchior; “there are many of the little things about here.

The marmot coming out of his hole smelled the bait on the string.

I will carry you about with me, as I would a marmot of rare training.

The verbose marmot, wordless; the listless Slaughter, dominant.

He belongs to the marmot branch, but he is a Squirrel just the same.

Word Value for marmot
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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