more searches
oroboros has added 4023 words, 89 lists, 3231 comments, and 1757 tags.

Kangaroo Words

This is an open list, anyone can contribute.
[ feed | comment feed | cloud | sort:  alpha / order added ]
Words containing letters in sequence, together or apart, that form a definition or instance of the subsuming word. E.g., conTAmINaTe = the kangaroo word. TAINT = the joey. Theme from a NYT X-word (Derrick Niederman & Will Shortz--date unknown). See Kangaroo Words 2 for joey-antonyms.
Words 1 through 98 of 98
department   was added by gangerh and has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
fraction   was added by oroboros and has been listed 5 times with 2 comments
situation   was added by mollusque and has been listed 3 times with 1 comment
guarantee   was added by oroboros and has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
agreement   was added by oroboros and has been listed 3 times with 1 comment
macdonald   was added by mollusque and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
straight   was added by oroboros and has been listed 7 times with 1 comment
stentor   was added by oroboros and has been listed 2 times with 2 comments
creature   was added by oroboros and has been listed 14 times with 1 comment
poise   was added by oroboros and has been listed 13 times with 1 comment
abbreviation   was added by oroboros and has been listed 5 times with 2 comments
irritated   was added by oroboros and has been listed 6 times with 1 comment
squash   was added by oroboros and has been listed 21 times with 4 comments
engage   was added by oroboros and has been listed 8 times with 1 comment
hinder   was added by oroboros and has been listed 6 times with 1 comment
satisfied   was added by oroboros and has been listed 6 times with 2 comments
imprudent   was added by oroboros and has been listed 5 times with 2 comments
charged   was added by oroboros and has been listed 3 times with 1 comment
fairy   was added by oroboros and has been listed 27 times with 1 comment
surfeited   was added by oroboros and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
coquetry   was added by oroboros and has been listed 10 times with 1 comment
person   was added by oroboros and has been listed 5 times with 1 comment
graduate   was added by oroboros and has been listed 6 times with 1 comment
irritate   was added by oroboros and has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
perceptive   was added by oroboros and has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
rogue   was added by oroboros and has been listed 47 times with 3 comments
yearning   was added by oroboros and has been listed 13 times with 1 comment
evoke   was added by oroboros and has been listed 17 times with 1 comment
demonstrate   was added by oroboros and has been listed 3 times with 1 comment
bombast   was added by oroboros and has been listed 35 times with 2 comments
scratcher   was added by oroboros and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
promenade   was added by oroboros and has been listed 21 times with 1 comment
aggravated   was added by oroboros and has been listed 4 times with 5 comments
sorcerer   was added by oroboros and has been listed 5 times with 1 comment
market   was added by oroboros and has been listed 8 times with 1 comment
flummox   was added by oroboros and has been listed 71 times with 3 comments
complain   was added by oroboros and has been listed 7 times with 1 comment
undemonstrable   was added by mollusque and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
tontine   was added by oroboros and has been listed 8 times with 6 comments
activity   was added by oroboros and has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
gaiety   was added by oroboros and has been listed 8 times with 1 comment
placate   was added by oroboros and has been listed 48 times with 1 comment
avarice   was added by oroboros and has been listed 47 times with 1 comment
relent   was added by oroboros and has been listed 7 times with 1 comment
communality   was added by mollusque and has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
infanticidal   was added by mollusque and has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
sweater   was added by oroboros and has been listed 8 times with 1 comment
bemusement   was added by oroboros and has been listed 8 times with 1 comment
delectable   was added by oroboros and has been listed 40 times with 1 comment
where   was added by oroboros and has been listed 12 times with 1 comment
arena   was added by oroboros and has been listed 5 times with 2 comments
embarrassed   was added by oroboros and has been listed 7 times with 4 comments
transgression   was added by oroboros and has been listed 9 times with 1 comment
lone   was added by oroboros and has been listed 3 times with 1 comment
alone   was added by oroboros and has been listed 19 times with 1 comment
rambunctious   was added by mollusque and has been listed 47 times with 1 comment
fabrication   was added by mollusque and has been listed 9 times with 2 comments
instructor   was added by mollusque and has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
calumnies   was added by mollusque and has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
curtail   was added by mollusque and has been listed 10 times with 1 comment
chocolate   was added by mollusque and has been listed 58 times with 7 comments
barren   was added by sionnach and has been listed 6 times with 7 comments
scion   was added by sionnach and has been listed 32 times with 8 comments
moisture   was added by sionnach and has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
expurgated   was added by oroboros and has been listed 4 times with 1 comment
indolent   was added by oroboros and has been listed 39 times with 1 comment
separate   was added by oroboros and has been listed 5 times with 2 comments
observe   was added by oroboros and has been listed 7 times with 2 comments
catacomb   was added by oroboros and has been listed 18 times with 3 comments
asseverate   was added by oroboros and has been listed 17 times with 1 comment
astound   was added by oroboros and has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
acrid   was added by oroboros and has been listed 30 times with 1 comment
appropriate   was added by oroboros and has been listed 12 times with 3 comments
affect   was added by oroboros and has been listed 14 times with 3 comments
falsified   was added by mollusque and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
thermoregulate   was added by mollusque and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
confessional   was added by Prolagus and has been listed 6 times with 1 comment
gambler   was added by Prolagus and has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
container   was added by sionnach and has been listed 3 times with 4 comments
perambulate   was added by sionnach and has been listed 51 times with 1 comment
vegetarian   was added by gangerh and has been listed 7 times with 56 comments
salvage   was added by oroboros and has been listed 8 times with 1 comment
twitch   was added by oroboros and has been listed 10 times with 2 comments
destruction   was added by oroboros and has been listed 11 times with 1 comment
transportation   was added by mollusque and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
diminutive   was added by mollusque and has been listed 19 times with 3 comments
regulate   was added by oroboros and has been listed 2 times with 1 comment
contaminate   was added by oroboros and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
honorable   was added by oroboros and has been listed 8 times with 1 comment
masculine   was added by oroboros and has been listed 5 times with 1 comment
inheritor   was added by oroboros and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
charisma   was added by oroboros and has been listed 23 times with 1 comment
unsightly   was added by oroboros and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
feaster   was added by oroboros and has been listed 1 time with 2 comments
neurotic   was added by oroboros and has been listed 19 times with 1 comment
precipitation   was added by oroboros and has been listed 9 times with 2 comments
chariot   was added by oroboros and has been listed 6 times with 1 comment
encourage   was added by oroboros and has been listed 8 times with 1 comment
Words 1 through 98 of 98
comments for this list
(add comments for specific words on the word pages themselves)
2 months ago oroboros said:

Well, we know he certainly wasn't a COD...'tho maybe a CAD!

2 months ago yarb said:

Perhaps, through long observation of the multifarious forms life takes, he came to believe in the existence of the MONAD.

2 months ago mollusque said:

This raises some questions about Old MacDonald. He was a MAN, but was he a DAD? Or an ex-CON? Did he go MAD from all the noise?

2 months ago oroboros said:

Hey m.! That's a new wrinkle. Seems good to me; go for it!

2 months ago mollusque said:

Oroboros, do items like "macdOnaLD" qualify?

4 months ago oroboros said:

Okay gang here's the joey-antonym list...

Thanks to all for the suggestions.

4 months ago arcadia said:

How about giANT? (Kangaroo word with joey antonym, if you ever start that list).

4 months ago chained_bear said:

I'm wanting to add revolutionary (REVOLuTionary) but I feel like it's probably cheating. So I won't.

4 months ago mollusque said:

What about cause and effect? PANdemIC.

4 months ago oroboros said:

Excellent, sionnach! I'm feeling most edified about it all right now. ;o)

4 months ago reesetee said:

Ah, crossword puzzles. Gotta love 'em. :-)

4 months ago sionnach said:

Just as a single mommy kangaroo can give birth to twin joeys, in rare cases joey has multiple mommies:

Example - irate shares the ancestors infuriated and irritated

sly: slippery stealthy slinky

dead: deceased departed decapitated decayed

Obviously, it is the little runty words that are more likely to have multiple parents (it takes a village and all that)

4 months ago sionnach said:

So joey-antonyms would be something like friend/fiend, or cremate/create or pest/pet?

4 months ago oroboros said:

I just finished a NYT X-word (Derrick Niederman & Will Shortz--no date) that used it as a theme and I figured Wordies would be able to come up with a lot more. The puzzle claims that kangaroo word is in the dictionary but I had no luck finding same. It is in Wikipedia, however. :o)

A spinoff that I haven't seen would be kangaroo words where the antonym is carried in the joey-pocket!

4 months ago reesetee said:

I second that--what a great idea. How'd you come up with this, o?

4 months ago oroboros said:

Thanks c_b. And I figured that sionnach would waste no time in finding more. If you don't wanna add 'em sionnach, I will...

4 months ago chained_bear said:

Oroboros, this is an awesome list idea, and I especially love the title. :)

4 months ago sionnach said:

Cool list.

destRUctIoN? TwItCh? SAlVagE?

Register or login to leave a comment.