chowder

Plural: chowders

Noun

a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes
A thick, creamy soup or stew.
A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.
Alternative spelling of jowter.

Verb

Verb Forms: chowdered, chowdering, chowders

To prepare a thick, hearty soup, often with seafood and vegetables.
To make (seafood, etc.) into chowder.

Examples

fish chowder
He tried to CHOWDER up a new strategy, but it just made his game even thicker and harder to digest.

Origin / Etymology

Probably borrowed from French chaudière, from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Related to English cauldron.
Possibly from older English jowter (“fish monger”).

Scrabble Score: 16

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

Words With Friends Score: 16

chowder: valid Words With Friends Word