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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɒt͡ʃwɜː(ɹ)d/Part of speech nounSorted acdhortwwStarts with WEnds with D0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

Word origin

From Middle English wacche word, wacchworde, morphologically as watch (“guard, sentinel, sentry”) + word.

Used in a sentence

  • For-ward! be our watchword, Steps and voices joined; / Seek the things before us, Not a look behind.
  • Atrocities of the most vicious kind were justified by the watchwords: "This is war!" "Might is Right." "Necessity knows no law."
  • It's a peel out the watchword / Just peel out the watchword

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