Definitions for marmots

marmots mar·mot

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

Marmots is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 185 anagrams from letters in marmots (ammorst).

Definitions for marmots

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 marmots

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 marmots

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Word Value for marmots
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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