Definition of wolf

"wolf" in the noun sense

1. wolf

any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

2. Wolf, Hugo Wolf

Austrian composer (1860-1903)

3. Wolf, Friedrich August Wolf

German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

4. wolf, woman chaser, skirt chaser, masher

a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

5. beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat

a cruelly rapacious person

"wolf" in the verb sense

1. wolf, wolf down

eat hastily

"The teenager wolfed down the pizza"

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Quotations for wolf

A wolf in sheep's clothing. [ Proverb ]

To hold the wolf by the ears. [ Proverb ]

A bad dog never sees the wolf. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The wolf must die in his own skin. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

A precipice before, a wolf behind. [ Proverb ]

In the dusk (between dog and wolf). [ French ]

Man is to man either a god or a wolf. [ Erasmus ]

The wolf and fox are both privateers. [ Proverb ]

Enough to keep the wolf from the door. [ Proverb ]

A growing youth has a wolf in his belly. [ Proverb ]

The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods. [ Proverb ]

Music's force can tame the furious beast;
Can make the wolf or foaming boar restrain
His rage; the lion drop his crested mane
Attentive to the song. [ Prior ]

Existence may be borne, and the deep root
Of life and sufferance make its firm abode
In bare and desolate bosoms: mute
The camel labors with the heaviest load.
And the wolf dies in silence: Not bestowed
In vain should such examples be; if they.
Things of ignoble or of savage mood,
Endure and shrink not, we of nobler clay
May temper it to bear - it is but for a day. [ Byron ]

A thief knows a thief, as a wolf knows a wolf. [ Proverb ]

They insist on snatching the lamb from the wolf. [ Plaut ]

A wolf will never make war against another wolf. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The wolf eats off the sheep that have been warned. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

On one side a wolf besets you, on the other a dog. [ Horace ]

Careless shepherds make many a feast for the wolf. [ Proverb ]

The wolf is not scared by the number of the sheep. [ Proverb ]

If you cut down the woods, you will catch the wolf. [ Proverb ]

Who keep company with the wolf, will learn to howl. [ Proverb ]

The death of a young wolf doth never come too soon. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The wolf never wants for a pretense against a lamb. [ Proverb ]

Keep the dogs near when thou suppest with the wolf. [ Eastern Proverb ]

The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition. [ Proverb ]

Who hath a wolf for his mate, needs a dog for his man. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The kid that keeps above, is in no danger of the wolf. [ Proverb ]

He that makes himself a sheep shall be eat by the wolf. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The dust, raised by the sheep, does not choke the wolf. [ Proverb ]

It is the wolf in the story; talking of him, he appeared.

As a wolf is like a dog, so is a flatterer like a friend. [ Proverb ]

It is a madness for a sheep to send a challenge to a wolf. [ Proverb ]

It is a madness for a sheep to treat of peace with a wolf. [ Proverb ]

While you trust to the dog the wolf slips into the sheep fold. [ Proverb ]

That is a woeful silly sheep that goes to the wolf to confess. [ Proverb ]

He has seen a wolf. (Proverb of one who suddenly curbs his tongue.) [ ? ]

You are as likely to obtain your wish, as the wolf is to eat the moon. [ Proverb ]

Man is often a wolf to man, a serpent to God, and a scorpion to himself. [ Spurgeon ]

Whoever is a wolf will act as a wolf; that is the most certain of all things. [ La Fontaine ]

The wolf does something every week, that hinders him from going to church a Sunday. [ Proverb ]

wolf in Scrabble®

The word wolf is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters wolf:

WOLF
(42)
FLOW
(42)
WOLF
(42)
FOWL
(42)
FLOW
(42)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word wolf

WOLF
(42)
WOLF
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WOLF
(30)
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(11)
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The 115 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In wolf

WOLF
(42)
FLOW
(42)
WOLF
(42)
FOWL
(42)
FLOW
(42)
FOWL
(33)
WOLF
(30)
WOLF
(30)
WOLF
(30)
FOWL
(30)
FOWL
(30)
FOWL
(30)
WOLF
(30)
FLOW
(30)
FOWL
(30)
FLOW
(30)
FLOW
(30)
FLOW
(30)
FLOW
(28)
WOLF
(28)
FLOW
(28)
FOWL
(28)
WOLF
(28)
FOWL
(22)
WOLF
(20)
FLOW
(20)
FOWL
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FOWL
(20)
WOLF
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FLOW
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WOLF
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FOWL
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FLOW
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FOWL
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LOW
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LOW
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WOLF
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LOW
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OWL
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OWL
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WOLF
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OWL
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FOWL
(18)
FOWL
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FOWL
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FLOW
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OW
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OW
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OF
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WOLF
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WOLF
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OF
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FLOW
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FOWL
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WOLF
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OWL
(14)
FLOW
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FOWL
(14)
LOW
(14)
OF
(13)
OW
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FLOW
(12)
FOWL
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OWL
(12)
WOLF
(12)
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(12)
FLOW
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WOLF
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FOWL
(11)
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LOW
(11)
FLOW
(11)
WOLF
(10)
FLOW
(10)
OF
(10)
FOWL
(10)
OWL
(10)
LOW
(10)
OW
(10)
OF
(10)
OW
(10)
OW
(9)
OF
(9)
LOW
(8)
OWL
(8)
OWL
(8)
OWL
(8)
LOW
(8)
OF
(7)
OW
(7)
LOW
(7)
OWL
(7)
LOW
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OWL
(7)
OW
(6)
OF
(6)
OWL
(6)
LOW
(6)
OW
(5)
OF
(5)

wolf in Words With Friends™

The word wolf is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters wolf:

WOLF
(57)
FLOW
(57)
FOWL
(57)
FLOW
(57)
WOLF
(57)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word wolf

WOLF
(57)
WOLF
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WOLF
(33)
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(13)
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WOLF
(12)
WOLF
(11)

The 126 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In wolf

WOLF
(57)
FLOW
(57)
FOWL
(57)
FLOW
(57)
WOLF
(57)
FOWL
(45)
FOWL
(33)
FLOW
(33)
FLOW
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FOWL
(33)
WOLF
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FOWL
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FLOW
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WOLF
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FLOW
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WOLF
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WOLF
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FOWL
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FLOW
(30)
FLOW
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FOWL
(30)
WOLF
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FOWL
(27)
FOWL
(26)
FLOW
(23)
WOLF
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FOWL
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(15)
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WOLF
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OF
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OF
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OWL
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OWL
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Words within the letters of wolf

2 letter words in wolf (2 words)

3 letter words in wolf (2 words)

4 letter words in wolf (Anagrams) (3 words)

wolf + 1 blank (4 words)

Word Growth involving wolf

Shorter words in wolf

(No shorter words found)

Longer words containing wolf

aardwolf

coywolf

strandwolf

werewolf

wolfbane

wolfberries

wolfberry

wolfcubs

wolfed

wolffish wolffishes

wolfhound wolfhounds

wolfing

wolfish wolfishly

wolfish wolfishness

wolflike

wolfman

wolfram wolframate wolframates

wolfram wolframite wolframites

wolfs

wolfwhistles