Association of British Scrabble Players

Culture > Domestic > Toys & Dolls


Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.


aggie a type of playing marble.
arctophil a lover or collector of teddy-bears.
arctophile a lover or collector of teddy bears.
arctophily the study of teddy bears.
bandalore (Obs.) an eighteenth-century toy resembling a yoyo.
bobblehead a type of collectible doll, with head often oversized compared to its body.
bonce a large marble used in games.
cockhorse a child's rocking-horse.
commoney an ordinary playing marble.
cyberpet an electronic device that simulates the behaviour of a pet.
doll a toy in the form of a human being, esp a baby; (verb) to dress stylishly.
dolldom the state of being a doll.
dollhood the state of being a doll.
dollhouse a house for dolls.
dollish like a doll.
dollishly (Adv.) DOLLISH, like a doll.
dollishness the state of being dollish.
draisene (Hist.) a dandy-horse.
draisine (Hist.) a dandy-horse.
dreidel (Yiddish) a four-sided toy marked with Hebrew letters and spun like a top; a children's game of chance played with this esp at Hanukkah.
dreidl (Yiddish) a four-sided toy marked with Hebrew letters and spun like a top; a children's game of chance played with this esp at Hanukkah.
geegaw a toy; a bauble.
gewgaw a toy; a bauble.
gewgawed decorated with gewgaws, gaudily.
girr (Scots) a hoop, for a barrel or used as a child's plaything.
glassie a type of playing marble.
glowstick a plastic tube containing a luminescent material, waved or held aloft at gigs, raves etc.
gonk a stuffed toy.
immy a type of playing marble.
kachina (Am. Ind.) a doll representing rain-bringing Hopi ancestors.
katchina (Am. Ind.) a doll representing rain-bringing Hopi ancestors.
katcina (Am. Ind.) a doll representing rain-bringing Hopi ancestors.
katsina (Am. Ind.) a doll representing rain-bringing Hopi ancestors.
kewpie (Tradename) as in kewpie doll, a brightly coloured doll.
knicker a clay marble; the round seed of a tree, used for playing marbles.
knickered wearing knickers.
mammet a puppet; a doll.
matrioshka a Russian doll.
matroyshka (Russian) a hollow wooden doll.
matryoshka (Russian) a hollow wooden doll.
maumet a puppet; a doll.
mawmet a puppet; a doll.
maximaphily the study and collection of maximum cards.
mib a type of playing marble.
mig a type of playing marble.
migg a type of playing marble.
miggle a type of playing marble.
mommet a puppet; a doll.
peeoy (Scots) a homemade firework.
peerie (Scots) small (noun, Scots) a cone-shaped wooden toy
peery inclined to peer, prying (noun, Scots) a cone-shaped wooden toy
peever (Scots) a tile, tin lid etc. used in playing hopscotch.
pegtop a spinning top having a peg wound with string.
pinwheel a paper toy windmill; a kind of firework; (verb) to rotate in the manner of a Catherine-wheel (firework).
pioy (Scots) a homemade firework.
pioye (Scots) a homemade firework.
plaything something to play with.
plonker a large marble.
plunker a large marble.
puppet a small figure, as of a person or animal, manipulated by the hand.
puppetlike like a puppet.
ringtaw a game of marbles with rings marked on the ground.
steelie a steel playing marble.
tangram a Chinese geometrical puzzle consisting of a square cut into seven pieces which can be combined to make various shapes.
teeterboard a seesaw; a board which throws one into the air when someone else jumps on the other end of it.
teether an object for a baby to bite on during teething.
teetotum (Hist.) a child's toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the fingers.
tetotum a child's toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the fingers.
thaumatrope an optical toy in which pictures on both sides of a card are seen to combine when the card is rotated rapidly.
thaumatropical of or like a thaumatrope, an optical toy in which pictures on both sides of a card are seen to combine when the card is rotated rapidly.
tinkertoy (Tradename) a child's construction set.
topmaking the making of toy tops.
toy an object for playing with; (verb) to play idly with.
toyless without toys.
toylike like a toy.
whirligig a child's toy having a whirling motion.