mongoose

1. Any of various Old World carnivorous mammals of the genus Herpestes and related genera, having a slender agile body and a long tail and noted for the ability to seize and kill venomous snakes.

2. Any of numerous carnivorous mammals (family Herpestidae) that are agile usually ferret-sized mammals sometimes with bands or stripes, feed chiefly on small animals and fruits, and are sometimes grouped with the viverrids in two subfamilies (Herpestinae and Galidiinae).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
mongoose	11	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
en	2
es	2
mo	4
me	4
so	2
os	2
on	2
om	4
oe	2
ne	2
no	2
go	3
em	4

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
sen	3
men	5
som	5
son	3
mos	5
moo	5
mon	5
mog	6
ons	3
seg	4
neg	4
nog	4
nom	5
noo	3
nos	3
ose	3
oes	3
oms	5
one	3
ono	3
meg	6
gos	4
goo	4
gen	4
gem	6
eon	3
eng	4
ens	3
ego	4
emo	5
ems	5

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
snog	5
eons	4
negs	5
noes	4
nogs	5
nome	6
noms	6
nose	4
ones	4
omen	6
engs	5
emos	6
egos	5
gens	5
some	6
sone	4
song	5
megs	7
meno	6
mogs	7
mono	6
mons	6
moon	6
moos	6
smog	7
sego	5
soon	4
goos	5
goon	5
gone	5
goes	5
onos	4
gems	7

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
omens	7
segno	6
monos	7
genom	8
gnome	8
goons	6
goose	6
meson	7
mongo	8
noose	5
moons	7
moose	7
nomes	7
nomos	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
mongoe	9
mongos	9
gnomes	9
genoms	9

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
mongoes	10

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
mongoose	11