Scrabble Bingo of the Day: TRAVOISE

Scrabble Bingo of the Day: TRAVOISE [n]

Today's word is in honor of Joel Sherman, whose record-breaking game last weekend netted him seven bingo plays, one of which was TRAVOISE. A travoise is a type of sled, but no… it's not like a toboggan or snow sleigh. Though it can be, it's not used primarily on snow, but on any soft ground, like forest floors and gentle soils.

Travoises were used most notably by the Plains Indians of North America, for dragging large loads over land. The construction was a small platform or netting mounted between two long poles. They were usually attached to horses or dogs, but were also dragged by hand. Nowadays, the travoise is mostly used as a means of transporting sick or wounded persons in emergency situations.

TRAVOIS [n/pl.] -ES  a type of sled

TRAVOISE [n/pl.] -S  travois

Other sled related words:

BOBSLED [n/pl.] -S  a racing sled

BOBSLED [v] -SLEDDED, -SLEDDING, -SLEDS  to ride on a bobsled

BOBSLEDDER [n/pl.] -S  one that bobsleds

BOBSLEDDING [n/pl.] -S  the act of one that bobsleds

BOBSLEIGH [n/pl.] -S  bobsled

COASTER [n/pl.] -S  a sled

COMATIK [n/pl.] -S  an Eskimo sledge

* CRESTA [adj]  as in cresta run, headfirst sledding

DOGSLED [n/pl.] -S  a sled drawn by dogs

DOGSLED [v] -SLEDDED, -SLEDDING, -SLEDS  to move on a dogsled

DOGSLEDDER [n/pl.] -S  one that dogsleds

KOMATIK [n/pl.] -S  an Eskimo sledge

LUGE [n/pl.] LUGES  a small sled

LUGE [v] LUGED, LUGEING or LUGING, LUGES  to race on a luge

MALEMIUT [n/pl.] -S  malamute

MALAMUTE [n/pl.] -S  an Alaskan sled dog

MALEMUTE [n/pl.] -S  malamute

MUSH [v] -ED, -ING, -ES  to travel over snow with a dog sled

* PULK [n/pl.] -S  a Laplander's sledge

* PULKA [n/pl.] -S  pulk

* PULKHA [n/pl.] -S  pulk

PUNG [n/pl.] -S  a box-shaped sleigh

SAMOYED [n/pl.] -S  any of a Siberian breed of medium-sized white or cream-colored sled dogs

SLED [n/pl.] -S  a vehicle for carrying people or loads over snow or ice

SLED [v] SLEDDED, SLEDDING, SLEDS  to convey on a sled

SLEDDER [n/pl.] -S  one that sleds

SLEDDING [n/pl.] -S  the act of one that sleds

SLEDGE [n/pl.] -S  sled

SLEDGE [v] SLEDGED, SLEDGING, SLEDGES  to convey on a type of sled

* SLEDGER [n/pl.] -S  one that drives a sledge

* SLEDGING [n/pl.] -S  the act of one that sledges

SLEIGH [n/pl.] -S  a sled usually drawn by horses or reindeer

SLEIGH [v] -ED, -ING, -S  to ride in a sled

SLEIGHER [n/pl.] -S  one that sleighs

TARANTAS [n/pl.] -ES  a low four-wheeled carriage in Russia, sometimes mounted on a sledge

* TARANTASS [n/pl.] -ES  tarantas

TOBOGGAN [n/pl.] -S  a long, narrow sled

TOBOGGAN [v] -ED, -ING, -S  to ride on a long, narrow sled

TOBAGGANER [n/pl.] -S  on that tobaggans

TOBOGGANING [n/pl.] -S

TOBOGGANIST [n/pl.] -S

* TOBOGGIN [v] -ED, -ING, -S  to toboggan

* Only acceptable in Scrabble play outside of North America.

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