yarmulke
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- 17
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 8
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Definition of yarmulke
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Judaism)A skullcap worn by religious Jewish males (especially during prayer).
“And I always feel uncomfortable during the High Holy Days watching people in yarmulkes rushing through the streets, knowing they’ll be swaying and moaning something ancient and indecipherable, even to me.”
“But once Dr. Levenson, who works for the Indian Health Service and wears a colorful tapestry yarmulke, has alerted the tiny network, it almost seems as if we have stepped into Yiddishland.”
““I call on all citizens of Berlin and across Germany to wear the yarmulke (as the skullcap is known in Yiddish) next Saturday if there are new, intolerable attacks targeting Israel and Jews on the occasion of Al-Quds Day in Berlin,” said Felix Klein in a statement.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish יאַרמלקע (yarmlke), from Polish jarmułka (“skullcap”), from Turkic; compare Turkish yağmurluk (“rain apparel”).
Words you can make from yarmulke
147 playable · top: MURKLY (15 pts)
Best play murkly 15 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
22 words4-letter words
57 words- ALKY 11 pts
- KRAY 11 pts
- KYAR 11 pts
- LAKY 11 pts
- RYKE 11 pts
- YELK 11 pts
- YERK 11 pts
- YEUK 11 pts
- YUKE 11 pts
- KAME 10 pts
- MAKE 10 pts
- MARK 10 pts
- MERK 10 pts
- MURK 10 pts
- AMYL 9 pts
- ARMY 9 pts
- ELMY 9 pts
- YLEM 9 pts
- KALE 8 pts
- LAKE 8 pts
- LARK 8 pts
- LEAK 8 pts
- LEKU 8 pts
- LURK 8 pts
- RAKE 8 pts
- RAKU 8 pts
- AERY 7 pts
- ARYL 7 pts
- EYRA 7 pts
- LYRE 7 pts
- RELY 7 pts
- RULY 7 pts
- YARE 7 pts
- YEAR 7 pts
- YULE 7 pts
- ALME 6 pts
- ALUM 6 pts
- ARUM 6 pts
- LAME 6 pts
- LUMA 6 pts
- MALE 6 pts
- MARE 6 pts
- MARL 6 pts
- MAUL 6 pts
- MEAL 6 pts
- MERL 6 pts
- MULE 6 pts
- MURA 6 pts
- MURE 6 pts
- REAM 6 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- LURE 4 pts
- RALE 4 pts
- REAL 4 pts
- RULE 4 pts
- UREA 4 pts
3-letter words
48 words- KAY 10 pts
- KEY 10 pts
- KYE 10 pts
- YAK 10 pts
- YUK 10 pts
- MAY 8 pts
- YAM 8 pts
- YUM 8 pts
- ARK 7 pts
- AUK 7 pts
- ELK 7 pts
- KAE 7 pts
- KEA 7 pts
- KUE 7 pts
- LEK 7 pts
- UKE 7 pts
- AYE 6 pts
- LAY 6 pts
- LEY 6 pts
- LYE 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- RYE 6 pts
- RYU 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- YEA 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- AMU 5 pts
- ARM 5 pts
- ELM 5 pts
- EMU 5 pts
- LAM 5 pts
- LUM 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAR 5 pts
- MEL 5 pts
- RAM 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- RUM 5 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEU 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
2-letter words
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