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Is axel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word axel is a Scrabble US word. The word axel is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word axel is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

AXEL,AXLE,

3-letter words (5 found)

ALE,AXE,LAX,LEA,LEX,

2-letter words (7 found)

AE,AL,AX,EA,EL,EX,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from axel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of axel

axel xael aexl eaxl xeal exal axle xale alxe laxe xlae lxae aelx ealx alex laex elax leax xela exla xlea lxea elxa lexa

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word axel. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in axel.

Definitions and meaning of axel

axel

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæk.səl/
  • Rhymes: -æksəl
  • Homophone: axle

Etymology 1

Named after Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), who in 1882 became the first to perform the jump.

Noun

axel (plural axels)

  1. (figure skating) A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.
    Synonym: axel jump
Derived terms
  • double axel
  • triple axel
Translations

See also

  • loop jump
  • lutz
  • quadruple jump
  • salchow
  • waltz jump

Further reading

  • Axel jump on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

axel

  1. Misspelling of axle.
    • 1944, Private and Local Acts Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin, Publisher not identified, page 627,
      The gross weight on any 2 or more axels shall not exceed 26,000 pounds plus 1,000 pounds for each foot of distance measured longitudinally to the nearest foot between the foremost and rearmost of the axels under consideration.

Anagrams

  • Alex, Lexa, axle

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • axle, eaxle, æxle, exle

Etymology

From Old English eaxl, from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaksəl/, /ˈɛksəl/

Noun

axel (plural axeles)

  1. shoulder

Descendants

  • English: axle (obsolete)
  • Scots: aixle, exle

References

  • “axel, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

Polish

Etymology

Named after Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), who in 1882 became the first to perform the jump.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈak.sɛl/
  • Rhymes: -aksɛl
  • Syllabification: a‧xel

Noun

axel m inan

  1. (figure skating) Alternative spelling of aksel

Declension

Further reading

  • axel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish axl, from Old Norse ǫxl, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-.

Noun

axel c

  1. (anatomy) a shoulder
    Synonym: skuldra
Declension
Related terms
  • axelvadd
  • axelväska
  • axla
  • rycka på axlarna

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish axul, from Old Norse ǫxull. Related to Latin axis.

Noun

axel c

  1. an axis; an imagined line about which something rotates
  2. an axle; a rod around which a wheel turns
  3. a driveshaft; a rotating rod which transfers torque from a motor to a place where it can be applied
  4. (mathematics) an axis; as in coordinate axis
  5. a jump in figure skating with one (or more) and a half turns in the air.
Declension
Derived terms
  • axelmakt
  • axelrem
  • axeltapp
  • koordinataxel
  • rotationsaxel
  • vevaxel

References

  • axel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • axel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • axel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • Alex

Source: wiktionary.org