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Is bagel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bagel is a Scrabble US word. The word bagel is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is bagel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bagel is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

B3A1G2E1L1

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Yes. The word bagel is a Words With Friends word. The word bagel is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (4 found)

BAGEL,BELGA,GABLE,GLEBA,

4-letter words (10 found)

ABLE,ALBE,BAEL,BALE,BEAL,BLAE,BLAG,EGAL,GALE,GEAL,

3-letter words (16 found)

AGE,ALB,ALE,BAE,BAG,BAL,BEG,BEL,GAB,GAE,GAL,GEL,LAB,LAG,LEA,LEG,

2-letter words (9 found)

AB,AE,AG,AL,BA,BE,EA,EL,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 40 words from bagel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of bagel

bagel abgel bgael gbael agbel gabel baegl abegl beagl ebagl aebgl eabgl bgeal gbeal begal ebgal gebal egbal agebl gaebl aegbl eagbl geabl egabl bagle abgle bgale gbale agble gable balge ablge blage lbage albge labge bglae gblae blgae lbgae glbae lgbae aglbe galbe algbe lagbe glabe lgabe baelg abelg bealg ebalg aeblg eablg baleg ableg blaeg lbaeg albeg labeg belag eblag bleag lbeag elbag lebag aelbg ealbg alebg laebg elabg leabg bgela gbela begla ebgla gebla egbla bglea gblea blgea lbgea glbea lgbea belga eblga blega lbega elbga lebga gelba eglba gleba lgeba elgba legba agelb gaelb aeglb eaglb gealb egalb agleb galeb algeb lageb glaeb lgaeb aelgb ealgb alegb laegb elagb leagb gelab eglab gleab lgeab elgab legab

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Definitions and meaning of bagel

bagel

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪ.ɡəl/, [ˈbeɪ.ɡɫ̩]
  • (regional US) IPA(key): /ˈbɛɡl̩/
  • (Canada, Inland Northern American) IPA(key): /ˈbæɡ.əl/, [ˈbæɡ.l̩]
    • (Ontario) IPA(key): [ˈbɛː.ɡɫ̩], [ˈbaɡ.ɫ̩], [ˈbeː.ɡɫ̩]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbæɪ.ɡəl/, [ˈbæɪ.ɡl̩]
  • Rhymes: -eɪɡəl, -æɡəl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Yiddish בייגל (beygl), ultimately from a diminutive of Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *baug, from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”).

Compare obsolete English bee, Old English bēag, Old Frisian bāg, Old Saxon bōg, Middle Low German bōg, Old Norse baugr. Also compare dialectal Austrian German Beugel, Beigel. See also beag.

Alternative forms

  • beigel (UK)

Noun

bagel (plural bagels)

  1. A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
  2. (tennis, slang) A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
  3. (slang, ethnic slur, South Africa) An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.
Synonyms
  • (spoiled young Jewish man): JAP (US, Australia), kugel (South Africa)
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Verb

bagel (third-person singular simple present bagels, present participle bagelling or (US) bageling, simple past and past participle bagelled or (US) bageled)

  1. (tennis) To achieve a score of 6–0 in a tennis set.
  2. (sports) To hold an opponent to a score of zero.

Etymology 2

Noun

bagel (plural bagels)

  1. Alternative form of bagle

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bagel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • Gable, Gebal, gabel, gable, galbe, gleba

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeː.ɡəl/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧gel

Noun

bagel m (plural bagels, diminutive bageltje n)

  1. bagel (ring-shaped pastry)

Related terms

  • beugel

Finnish

Etymology

From English bagel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbei̯ɡel/, [ˈbe̞i̯ɡe̞l]

Noun

bagel

  1. Synonym of vesirinkeli

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “bagel”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Alternative forms

  • baguel
  • beguel

Etymology

Borrowed from English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl); ultimately from Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baug- (“ring”) plus *-il (noun suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ɡɛl/, /be.ɡœl/

Noun

bagel m (plural bagels)

  1. bagel (toroidal bread roll)

Indonesian

Etymology

From English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl), ultimately from a diminutive of Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɡəl/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧gêl

Noun

bagêl (first-person possessive bagelku, second-person possessive bagelmu, third-person possessive bagelnya)

  1. (cooking) bagel: a toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.

Further reading

  • “bagel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Maranao

Noun

bagel

  1. corrugation; ripple; wave

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl); ultimately from Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baug- (“ring”) plus *-il (noun suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

bagel m (plural bagels)

  1. bagel (toroidal bread roll)

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • baguel

Etymology

Borrowed from English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈɡel/ [baˈɣ̞el]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: ba‧gel

Noun

bagel m (plural bagels)

  1. bagel (toroidal bread roll)

Source: wiktionary.org