Yiddish/Hebrew words acceptable in SCRABBLE UPDATED MARCH 2006/updated JAN 2009 (special thanks to Sam Orbaum, Tim Bottorff)

A-B ABBA AGGADA/AGGADAH AGGADIC AGGADOT AGGADOTH AGORA/ AGOROT/H AIN ALEF/ ALEPH ALIYA/H ALIYOS/ALIYOT ALLELUIA AMEN AYIN BAAL/IM BABEL BAGEL BEHEMOTH BEMA/ BIMA/H BES BESES BETH/BES BETHEL BIALI/ BIALY BIALIES BLIN/I BLINTZ/E/ES BORSCHT/ BORSHT BOYCHICK/ BOYCHIK BRIS BRISS BRITH/S BUBALE BUBBIES BUBBY BUND/ BUNDIST BUPKES BUPKUS C-D

compiled by Andrea Carla Michaels 2003

CABALA/ CABBALA/H/ CABALISM/ CABALIST CANTOR CAPH CHACHKA CHADAR/IM CHADRI CHADOR CHALAH/ CHALEH/ CHALLA/H/ CHALLOT/H/CHALOT/H CHALUTZ/HALUTZ CHATCHKA/CHATCHKE CHAZAN CHAZZAN/CHAZZEN CHEDER CHERUB/S/IM/IC CHETH CHOLENT CHUPPA CHUPPAH CHUTZPA/H COCKAMAMY/COCKAMAMIE DALEDH/ DALETH DAVEN/ DOVEN DIBBUK/IM/ DYBBUK/IM DRECK/Y/ DREK DREIDEL/ DREIDL DUNAM E-F ECHT EPHA/H EPHOD FALAFELS FARFAL/FARFEL FE/S FEH
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Yiddish words good in SCRABBLE

FELAFEL FELAFELS FLANKEN FLEISHIG G-H-I

HORA/H HOSANNA/H HUMMUS HUPPAH HUTZPA/H J-K

GALILEE GANEF/ GANEV/ GANOF GELT GENTILE GERAH GIMEL GOLEM GONEF/ GONOF/ GONOPH GONIF/F GOY/IM/ISH HABDALAH/ HAVDALAH HADARIM HAFTARA/H/ HAFTORAH/ HAPHTARA HAFTAROT/H / HAFTOROT/H/ HAPHTOROT HAFTOROS HAGGADA/H /HAGADIC/ HAGGADIC HAGGADIC HAIMISH HALACHA/ HALAKAH/ HALAKHA HALACHIC/HALAKHAH/HALAKHIC HALACHOT/H/HALAKHOT/HALAKOTH HALAKIC/HALAKIST HALAL/S HALAVAH HALLAH/ HALLOT/H HALLAL/HALLEL HALLUCAL HALUTZ/IM HALVA/H HAPHTAROT/H HAZAN/IM/HAZZAN HEBE HEBRAIZE HEDER/ HADARIM HEH HEIMISH HET/H HIN

JEHU JEREMIAD JEROBOAM JEW JEZEBEL KAB KABALA/ KABBALA/H KABALISM KABALIST KADDISH/IM KAF KAPH KAPUT/T KASHA KASHER/ KASHRUT/H KEESTER/ KEISTER/ KEYSTER/KIESTER KHAF/ KHAPH KHAZEN KHET/H KIBBITZ/ER KIBBUTZ/IM KIBITZ KIBOSH/ KYBOSH KIDDUSH KIKE KISHKA/ KISHKE KITTEL KLEZMER/ KLEZMORIM KLUTZ/Y KNESSET KNISH KOPH KOR KOSHER/ED/KASHER/ED/ING KREPLACH KREPLECH KUCHEN

Yiddish words good in SCRABBLE

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KUGEL KVELL/S KVELLED KVELLING KVETCH/Y KVETCHER L-M LANDSMAN/MEN/LEIT LAMED/H LATKE LECHAYIM LEHAYIM LEVIATHAN/S LIRA/LIROT/H LOX MAFTIR MAHZOR/MACHZOR MAMALIGA MAMZER MARRANO MASHGIAH/MASHGIACH MASHGIHIM/MASHGICHIM MATSAH/ MATZA/H MATZO/H MATZOT/H MAVEN/ MAVIN/ MAYVIN MAZELTOV MAZUMA MECHITZA/AS/OT MEGILLA/H MELAMED/MELAMDIM MEM MENORAH MENSCH/EN/MENSH MESHUGA/H / MESHUGGA/H / MESHUGGE MESSIAH MEZUZA/H MEZUZOT/H MIDRASH MIDRASH/IC/IM MIDRASHOTH MIKVAH/ MIKVEH/MIKVOTH

MILCHIG MINYAN/IM MISHMASH/ MISHMOSH MITSVAH/ MITZVAH/ MITZVOTH/MITSVOTH MOHEL/IM/ MOHALIM MOMSER/ MOMZER MOSHAV/IM

N-O-P-Q NACHAS/ NACHES NEATNIK/S NEBBISH/Y NONKOSHER NOODGE NOSH/ NOSHER NUDNICK/ NUDNIK NUDZH/ED OI OMER OY PARASHAH/PARASHOT/H PARASHIOTH PARVE/ PAREVE PASCHAL PASSOVER PATZER PE/H PEACENIK PHARAOH PHARISEE PHILISTIA PISH PISHER PLOTZ/ED POGROM PRUTA/H / PRUTOT/H PUTZ/ED/ING QABALA/H QOPH

Yiddish words good in SCRABBLE

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R RABBI RABBIN/IC RABBONI REBBE REHOBOAM RESH RUGALACH/RUGELACH

S SABBATH SABRA SADE/ SADHE SAMECH/ SAMEK/H SCHAV SCHLEP/P SCHLOCK/SCHLOCKY SCHLUB SCHLUMPY SCHMALTZ/Y/ SHMALTZY SCHMALZ/Y SCHMATTE SCHMEAR/ SHMEAR SCHMEER/ED/ING SCHMO/ES/ SHMO/ES SCHMOOSE/ SCHMOOZE SCHMOOZER/SCHMOOZY SCHMUCK/S SCHNECKE/N SCHNOOK SCHNORKEL SCHNORRER SCHNOZ/SCHNOZES SCHNOZZ/SCHNOZZLE SCHTICK/ SCHTIK SCHUL/N / SHUL SCHULS SEDARIM SEDER SELAH SEMITIST SERAPH/IC SERAPHIN/IM SHABBATOT

SHADCHAN SHADKHAN SHALOM/S/ SHOLOM/S SHAMES/ SHAMOS/ SHAMMAS/SHAMMES/SHAMMOS SHAMOSIM/ SHAMMASHIM/SHAMMASIM SHEENEY/ SHEENIE SHEGETZ SHEKALIM SHEKEL/SHEQEL/SHEQALIM SHEKELIM SHEQELS SHICKER/ SHIKKER SHIKSA/ SHIKSE/ SHICKSA SHITTAH SHIVITI/S SHITTIM SHIVA/H / SHIBAH SHKOTZIM SHLEMIEHL/ SHLEMIEL SHLEP/P SHLOCK SHLOCKY SHLUB/S SHLUMP/Y SHLUMPED SHMUCK SHNOOK SHNORRER SHOFAR/OTH SHOFROTH SHOPHAR/SHOPHROTH SHTETL/S/SHTETLACH SHTICKY SHTIK/ SHTICK SHUL/SHULN/SHULS SHVARTZE/ SCHWARTZE SIDDUR SPIEL/ER/ED SPRITZ/ER/ED SUCCAH/ SUCCOTH / SUKKOT/H SYNAGOG/AL / SYNAGOGUE

Yiddish words good in SCRABBLE

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T-U TAHINI TAIGLACH/TEIGLACH TALEYSIM TALLAISIM TALLIS/ES/IM TALLIT/H TALLITHES TALLITHIM TALLITHIM/ TALLITIM TALLITOTH TALMUDIC TALMUDISM TAV TCHOTCHKE TEFILLIN TEL TERAPH/IM TEREFAH TET/H TORA/H TREF/AH TSADDIK TSADE/TSADI TSATSKE/S TSIMMES TSOORIS TSORES/ TSORIS/ TSORRISS TSOURIS/TSURIS TUMMLER TUSHIE/TUSHY TZADDIK/IM TZIMMES TZITZIS/ TZITZIT/H TZURIS

U-V-W-X-Y-Z ULPAN/IM UNKOSHER (see NONKOSHER) VAU VAV VAW WAW YAHRZEIT YAMALKA/ YAMULKA YARMELKE/ YARMULKE YENTA/ YENTE YESHIVA/H YESHIVOT/H YID YOD/H YOM/IM YUTZ YUTZES ZADDICK/ ZADDIK/IM ZAFTIG ZOFTIG ZAYIN ZIGGURAT ZIKKURAT/ ZIKURAT ZILCH ZIZIT/H ZUZ ZUZ/IM

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