deathwatch
Plural: deathwatches
Noun
- minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
- bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
- A vigil beside a dying person
- One who guards a condemned person before execution.
- A deathwatch beetle.
Origin / Etymology
From death + watch.
Synonyms
book louse, booklouse, deathwatch beetle, Liposcelis divinatorius, Xestobium rufovillosum
Scrabble Score: 22
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Words With Friends Score: 21
deathwatch: valid Words With Friends Word