Dream Wraparounds - Part 1 of an Occasional Series

Being a successful Scrabble player requires an almost unnatural fixation on words two to eight letters in length.  Nine and ten letter words do make occasional appearances, but, even on expert boards, usually these are merely pluralizations, conjugations, or simple extensions of six to eight letter words.  However, once in a while I like to muse about some of the more interesting and lesser known longer words in the English language, especially those that could actually appear in a game of Scrabble, even if the probability is minuscule. 

I especially like longer "wraparounds," where a longer word is formed by  adding to both the front and back of the word.  For example, holding EEEFRRS, one could make the bingo REEFERS.  But if THINK were on the board... a little thought might produce the amazing play FREE-THINK-ERS, or FREETHINKERS.

Here are three other "dream wraparounds":

• With WARM on the board and holding CEEHIRS, you could make a play that would surely elicit...
• SCHWARMEREI (n.) excessive enthusiasm or sentiment (from a German word meaning "to swarm")

•  With EVER on the board and holding EFMOORR, you could make a play that would be remembered...
• FOREVERMORE (adv.) forever, for always

• With CHAT on the board and holding EGLOOSY, you could end it all, er, end the game with...
• ESCHATOLOGY (n.) the branch of theology concerned with death, the end of the world, or the ultimate destiny of mankind

More to come in future installments!

If you have any dream wraparounds to share, pass them on to me at <tilehead@gmail.com>.