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— English words —

• ferret n. An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat…
• ferret n. The black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes.
• ferret n. (Figurative) A diligent searcher.
• ferret v. To hunt game with ferrets.
• ferret v. (By extension, transitive, intransitive) To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.
• ferret n. (Dated) A tape of silk, cotton, or ribbon, used to tie documents, clothing, etc. or along the edge of fabric.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• ferret n. Fret.

— English word, defined in French —

• ferret n. (Zoologie) Furet.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• ferret s. (Zoologia) furetto.

— In French —

• ferret n.m. (Habillement) Enveloppe de métal qui termine un lacet ou…
• ferret n.m. (Par métonymie) Broche ornée de pierres précieuses qui…
• ferret n.m. Enveloppe de métal qui sert à protéger la mèche lors de…
• ferret n.m. (Minéralogie) Variante orthographique de féret.

50 English words from 6 English definitions

along and black bring bring␣to bring␣to␣light By␣extension clothing cotton Dated descended diligent documents domesticated edge etc extension fabric ferret ferret␣out ferrets Figurative footed from furo game hunt intransitive light like mammal Mustela often out polecat rather ribbon searcher searching silk tape the tie transitive uncover used used␣to usually weasel with

6 English words from 7 foreign definitions

Broche Fret ornée Par précieuses termine

21 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

Enveloppe féret Furet furetto Habillement lacet lors lors␣de mèche métal métonymie Minéralogie orthographique pierres pierres␣précieuses protéger qui sert Variante Zoologia Zoologie

22 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

ferrets ferrety ferreted ferreter Ferretiz Ferretti ferretto ferreters ferreting ferret␣out Ferrettis ferretings Ferretizes ferretlike ferret␣about ferret␣around ferret-badger ferret-badgers ferret-legging ferrets␣around ferreted␣around ferreting␣around

9 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

deferreth inferreth referreth conferreth preferreth chutney␣ferrets reverse␣ferrets like␣a␣bag␣of␣ferrets like␣ferrets␣in␣a␣bag

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

chutney␣ferret reverse␣ferret

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

err Err. fer FER f***er ferr- Ferre ret Ret.

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

err Err. ref Ref REF Ref. RREF ter TER ter- terr Terr.

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

refret

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

feretra ferrate ferrets ferrety ferrite firtree freeter fretter refrets refuter TERFery terfier TERFier torfere

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

efter Ferre freer Freer freet Freet Frere refer

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

berret fernet Ferree ferrel Ferrel Ferren Ferrer Ferres lerret Perret terret Verret

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

Ferre

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