ferret
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Is ferret a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (figurative) A diligent searcher.Examples: "The most challenging documentary discoveries were made by a tenacious archival ferret, Dr Antonio Bertoletti. In 1879 he published his findings in a slim, refreshingly dry volume, Francesco Cenci e la sua Famiglia."figuratively
verb (English)
1. (by extension, ambitransitive) To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.Examples: "Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him."; "I confess that we were so unpopular with the outrageous mob, that I only got away from England at the risk of being ducked to death, and that Cly was so ferreted up and down, that he never would have got away at all but for that sham."; "He had been piqued by the failure of all his endeavors to ferret out the assassins."ambitransitivebroadly
noun (English)
1. (dated) A tape of silk, cotton, or ribbon, used to tie documents, clothing, etc. or along the edge of fabric.Examples: "red tape and green ferret"dated
Definition source: Wiktionary