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6 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• burly adj. (Usually of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.
• burly adj. (Britain, East End of London, slang) Great, amazing, unbelievable.
• burly adj. (US, slang, surf culture and/or Southern California) Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
• burly adj. Full of burls or knots; knotty.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Middle english
  • burly adj. Alternative form of burely.

— English word, defined in French —

• burly adj. Robuste, de forte carrure, bien bâti.

37 English words from 5 English definitions

Alternative amazing and and/or bad both Britain built burls California culture East East␣End either End End␣of form Full good Great knots knotty large London magnitude man muscular of␣a slang sometimes Southern Southern␣California surf unbelievable Usually well well␣built

1 English word from the foreign definition

forte

5 foreign words from the foreign definition

bâti bien bien␣bâti carrure Robuste

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

burlywood

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unburly hurlyburly hurly-burly

8 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

bur Bur bur- burl Burl rly RLY URL

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

rub RUB

16 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Albury BluRay Blu-ray Blu-Ray blurpy blurry Bruley burbly burley Burley buryal drubly rubbly rumbly Ruybal uberly

11 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

blur burl Burl bury Bury -bury byrl Luby ruby Ruby ruly

17 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bugly bully Burby Burky burls Burls burny burpy burry Burry curly Curly gurly hurly purly surly wurly

5 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

burl Burl bury Bury -bury

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

burbly burley Burley

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