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Is appall a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word appall is a Scrabble US word. The word appall is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

A1P3P3A1L1L1

Is appall a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word appall is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

A1P3P3A1L1L1

Is appall a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word appall is a Words With Friends word. The word appall is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1P4P4A1L2L2

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6-letter words (2 found)

APPALL,PALPAL,

5-letter words (3 found)

APPAL,PALLA,PAPAL,

4-letter words (6 found)

ALAP,PAAL,PALL,PALP,PAPA,PLAP,

3-letter words (8 found)

AAL,ALA,ALL,ALP,APP,LAP,PAL,PAP,

2-letter words (4 found)

AA,AL,LA,PA,

You can make 23 words from appall according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of appall

appall

Alternative forms

  • appal (Commonwealth English)

Etymology

From Middle English apallen, from Old French apalir (“to grow pale, make pale”); a (Latin ad) + palir (“to grow pale, to make pale”), pâle (“pale”). See pale (adj.) and compare with pall.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ə-pôlʹ, IPA(key): /əˈpɔːl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːl

Verb

appall (third-person singular simple present appalls, present participle appalling, simple past and past participle appalled)

  1. (transitive) To fill with horror and/or indignation; to dismay.
    Synonyms: terrify, daunt, frighten, scare, depress, (archaic) affright; see also Thesaurus:frighten
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To make pale; to blanch.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To weaken; to reduce in strength
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To lose flavour or become stale.

Usage notes

  • Most British dictionaries consider "appal" the sole standard UK spelling (although, as with other words ending in a single vowel followed by an "l", the "l" is always doubled for derivatives such as "appalling").

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References

  • “appall”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • palpal

Source: wiktionary.org