loafer

Noun

A person who idles away time; a lazy person.
person who does no work
a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel
An idle person.
A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.
A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.

Verb

To loaf around; to be idle.

Examples

No loafer succeeds in competitive Words With Friends; quick thinking is essential.

Origin / Etymology

Perhaps short for landloafer, possibly a partial translation of German Landläufer (compare dialectal German loofen (“to run”), and English landlouper); or more likely connected to Middle English love, loove, loffinge, looffinge (“a remnant, the rest, that which remains or lingers”), from Old English lāf (“remainder, residue, what is left”) (more at lave), which is akin to Scots lave (“the rest, remainder”), Old English lǣfan (“to let remain, leave behind”) (more at leave).

Synonyms

bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, bumpkin, footler, lout, penny loafer, yob, yobbo

Scrabble Score: 9

loafer: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
loafer: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
loafer: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

loafer: valid Words With Friends Word