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waldo

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈwɔːl.dəʊ/

Definition of waldo

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Synonym of telefactor.
    “Waldo flexed and extended his fingers gently; the two pairs of waldoes in the screen followed in exact, simultaneous parallelism.”
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noun

  1. Synonym of telefactor.
    “Waldo flexed and extended his fingers gently; the two pairs of waldoes in the screen followed in exact, simultaneous parallelism.”

name

  1. A male given name from Old English, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.
    “He was our first baby, born September 4, 1939, our only boy. Named Waldo after a kind of bakin powder I liked. 'Waldo's Cream Powder.'”
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.

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Etymology

From the Robert A. Heinlein story Waldo, published in Astounding in 1940, derived from the name of the eponymous protagonist, Waldo F. Jones, who invented remote manipulators to overcome his own myasthenia gravis.

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