Definitions for werewolves

werewolves were·wolf

Spelling: [wair-woo lf, weer-, wur-]
IPA: /ˈwɛərˌwʊlf, ˈwɪər-, ˈwɜr-/

Werewolves is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 227 anagrams from letters in werewolves (eeelorsvww).

Definitions for werewolves

noun

  1. (in folklore and superstition) a human being who has changed into a wolf, or is capable of assuming the form of a wolf, while retaining human intelligence.
  2. (in folklore and superstition) a human being who has changed into a wolf, or is capable of assuming the form of a wolf, while retaining human intelligence.

Origin of werewolves

before 1000; Middle English werwolf, Old English werwulf, equivalent to wer man (cognate with Gothic wair, Latin vir) + wulf wolf; cognate with Middle Dutch weerwolf,

Examples for werewolves

Throckmorton, a werewolf who would defile her if she entered into any compact with him.

But suddenly a mighty tumult arose, and there were cries of "The werewolf!"

I dreamed I was the werewolf—do not shudder, dear love, for 't was only a dream.

werewolf and vampire knew, and the ebon-bodied demons that prowl by night.

But how passing well doth he time his absence from the haunts of the werewolf.

The real curse was the hybrid curse: a curse placed on Klaus, an original vampire, to keep his werewolf side dormant.

werewolf Bar Mitzvah” “werewolf bar mitzvah, spooky scary / boys becoming men, men becoming wolves.

The goings-on of the Shreveport werewolf pack and Alcide (Joe Manganiello)?

And Bill Weasley remains happily married to Fleur Delacour despite being “grievously scarred from an encounter with a werewolf”.

To break the curse, Klaus needed to sacrifice a werewolf, a vampire, and a doppelgänger, aka Elena.

They disappeared into a world of wizards, werewolves, and magic spells.

I mean, I feel like werewolves and vampires were invented to talk about something that was frightening us as a culture.

The ordeal of gas and fire and acid bullets added five years to a man's brow overnight—if he served with the werewolves of War.

These witnesses of werewolves may have seen animals, all right enough.

In it, he had described the fiendish habits and activities of werewolves and had actually even presented a formula.

The kids go on energetic, meandering rants about werewolves and islands made of candy.

Red Moon accounts for nearly everything one could imagine when considering a world where werewolves are among us.

And werewolves were about losing yourself to your “beastly side,” which must have been terrifying if you were a Victorian.

Don't look so gloomy, Fortin, unless you believe in werewolves and ghosts.

The frightful superstition of werewolves is a good instance.

Word Value for werewolves
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19

Words with friends

21

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