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Is ankle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ankle is a Scrabble US word. The word ankle is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is ankle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ankle is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

ANKLE,

4-letter words (9 found)

ELAN,KALE,KANE,LAKE,LANE,LANK,LEAK,LEAN,NEAL,

3-letter words (12 found)

AKE,ALE,ANE,EAN,ELK,KAE,KEA,KEN,LEA,LEK,NAE,NEK,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AL,AN,EA,EL,EN,KA,LA,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 33 words from ankle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of ankle

ankle nakle aknle kanle nkale knale anlke nalke alnke lanke nlake lnake aklne kalne alkne lakne klane lkane nklae knlae nlkae lnkae klnae lknae ankel nakel aknel kanel nkael knael anekl naekl aenkl eankl neakl enakl akenl kaenl aeknl eaknl keanl ekanl nkeal kneal nekal enkal kenal eknal anlek nalek alnek lanek nlaek lnaek anelk naelk aenlk eanlk nealk enalk alenk laenk aelnk ealnk leank elank nleak lneak nelak enlak lenak elnak aklen kalen alken laken klaen lkaen akeln kaeln aekln eakln kealn ekaln alekn laekn aelkn ealkn leakn elakn klean lkean kelan eklan lekan elkan nklea knlea nlkea lnkea klnea lknea nkela knela nekla enkla kenla eknla nleka lneka nelka enlka lenka elnka klena lkena kelna eklna lekna elkna

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Definitions and meaning of ankle

ankle

Alternative forms

  • ancle (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (“ankle”) > Modern English anclef, ancliff, ancley), from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle”); akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Danish and Swedish ankel, Dutch enklaauw, enkel, German Enkel, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha, ancha (“thigh, shin”), from the Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“ankle, joint”).

Compare with Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “limb”), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”), Latin angulus. Compare haunch and Greek prefix ἀγκυλο- (ankulo-, “joint, crooked, bent”). Doublet of angulus and angle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.kəl/
  • Rhymes: -æŋkəl

Noun

ankle (plural ankles)

  1. The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

Coordinate terms

  • spat
  • wrist

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Verb

ankle (third-person singular simple present ankles, present participle ankling, simple past and past participle ankled)

  1. (slang) To walk.
    • 1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings’ Little Hut, London: Collins, 1973, Chapter 15, p. 178,[2]
      Supposing we all ankled over to the huts […]
    • 1966, P. G. Wodehouse, Plum Pie, London: Everyman, 2007, Chapter 6, p. 158,[3]
      He ankled round, accordingly, to her house and his ring at the bell was answered by Wilberforce, her butler […]
  2. (cycling) To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.

Anagrams

  • Kelan

Source: wiktionary.org