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Is axle a Scrabble word?

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

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Is axle a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is axle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word axle is a Words With Friends word. The word axle is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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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 axle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of axle

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

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

Definitions and meaning of axle

axle

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæksəl/
  • Rhymes: -æksəl
  • Homophones: axel, axil

Etymology 1

From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian acsle (“shoulder”), Dutch oksel (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Swedish axel (“shoulder”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”), Greek άξονας (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, “room, armpit”), Russian ось (osʹ, “axle”). Doublet of axis.

Noun

axle (plural axles)

  1. (obsolete) Shoulder.

Etymology 2

From Middle English axil, in turn a combination of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull.

Noun

axle (plural axles)

  1. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
  2. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
  3. (geometry, astronomy, archaic) An axis.
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See also

  • axle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Axle in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

  • Alex, Axel, Lexa, axel

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English eaxl.

Noun

axle

  1. Alternative form of axel

Etymology 2

A conflation of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull.

Noun

axle

  1. Alternative form of axil

Source: wiktionary.org