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— English words —

• roly-poly adj. (Colloquial, often childish or humorous) Short and plump.
• roly-poly adj. Moving with a roll and sway.
• roly-poly adv. By rolling, so as to roll.
• roly-poly adv. (Obsolete) Directly, without hesitating.
• roly-poly n. (Colloquial) A short, plump person.
• roly-poly n. (Britain) A steamed pudding made from suet pastry containing jam or fruit.
• roly-poly n. (Gymnastics) A forward roll or sideways roll.
• roly-poly n. A terrestrial crustacean of suborder Oniscidea; pill bug, potato bug or sowbug.
• roly-poly n. A toy that rights itself when pushed over.
• roly-poly n. (Uncountable) An old game in which balls are bowled into holes or thrown into hats placed on the ground.

69 English words from 10 English definitions

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

roly-polys

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

LYP 'oly pol POL Pol. poly -poly poly- Roly

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

lop Lop lor Lor

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

rolly-poly roly-polys

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

polypoly

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

rolly-poly

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