meerkat
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- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 14
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- 7
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Definition of meerkat
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Suricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs.
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Etymology
From Afrikaans meerkat, transferred use of Dutch meerkat (“guenon [monkey]”), from Middle Dutch meercatte (literally “sea cat”), compare English mercat. Sometimes suggested to be influenced by or derived from an Indian source; compare Hindi मर्कट (markaṭ, “ape, monkey”) and Sanskrit मर्कट (markaṭa). Note however Old High German merikazza, so any influence from Indo-Aryan would have to be exceptionally early.
Words you can make from meerkat
97 playable · top: MARKET (12 pts)
Best play market 12 points6-letter words
4 words5-letter words
15 words4-letter words
34 words- KAME 10 pts
- MAKE 10 pts
- MARK 10 pts
- MEEK 10 pts
- MERK 10 pts
- AKEE 8 pts
- KART 8 pts
- KEET 8 pts
- KETA 8 pts
- RAKE 8 pts
- REEK 8 pts
- TAKE 8 pts
- TEAK 8 pts
- TREK 8 pts
- MARE 6 pts
- MART 6 pts
- MATE 6 pts
- MEAT 6 pts
- MEET 6 pts
- MERE 6 pts
- META 6 pts
- METE 6 pts
- REAM 6 pts
- TAME 6 pts
- TEAM 6 pts
- TEEM 6 pts
- TERM 6 pts
- TRAM 6 pts
- TREM 6 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
3-letter words
30 words2-letter words
13 wordsHooks
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