Definitions for werwolf

werwolf wer·wolf

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

Werwolf is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in werwolf (eflorww).

Definitions for werwolf

noun

  1. werewolf.
  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 werwolf

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 werwolf

Bonivon now saw for the first time the face of his conductor—it was that of a werwolf.

Their friend the werwolf had spied them from afar, and was ready to come to their rescue.

To accuse the lady, who was rich and influential, of being a werwolf would be useless.

Then the werwolf looked at his body, and, behold, he was a man again!

I am a werwolf, not by inheritance, but of my own free will.

He was really fond of the Burgomaster, and to think of him a werwolf—well!

My servant on the box who took the place of your employé is a werwolf.

Nor is this inconsistency only characteristic of the movements, actions, and shape of the werwolf.

And all the way the werwolf followed them, and saw that they never lacked for food.

As far as I know, once a werwolf always a werwolf is an inviolable rule.

Word Value for werwolf
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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