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Is bangle a Scrabble word?

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

B3A1N1G2L1E1

Is bangle a Scrabble UK word?

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

B3A1N1G2L1E1

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Yes. The word bangle is a Words With Friends word. The word bangle is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4A1N2G3L2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

BANGLE,

5-letter words (10 found)

ANGEL,ANGLE,BAGEL,BEGAN,BELGA,BENGA,GABLE,GENAL,GLEAN,GLEBA,

4-letter words (26 found)

ABLE,AGEN,ALBE,BAEL,BALE,BANE,BANG,BEAL,BEAN,BLAE,BLAG,EGAL,ELAN,GAEN,GALE,GANE,GEAL,GEAN,GENA,GLEN,LANE,LANG,LEAN,LENG,NABE,NEAL,

3-letter words (28 found)

AGE,ALB,ALE,ANE,BAE,BAG,BAL,BAN,BEG,BEL,BEN,EAN,ENG,GAB,GAE,GAL,GAN,GEL,GEN,LAB,LAG,LEA,LEG,NAB,NAE,NAG,NEB,NEG,

2-letter words (13 found)

AB,AE,AG,AL,AN,BA,BE,EA,EL,EN,LA,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 79 words from bangle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bangle

bangle

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbæŋ.ɡəl/
  • Rhymes: -æŋɡəl

Etymology 1

From Hindi बंग्ली (baṅglī, “glass bracelet”).

Noun

bangle (plural bangles)

  1. A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
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Etymology 2

Unknown, yet probably from bang +‎ -le (frequentative suffix).

Verb

bangle (third-person singular simple present bangles, present participle bangling, simple past and past participle bangled)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind.
  2. (obsolete or dialectal) to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).
    • , New York Review Books 2001, p.273:
      Thus betwixt hope and fear, suspicions, angers […] betwixt falling in, falling out, etc., we bangle away our best days, befool out our times […].
    If we bangle away the legacy of peace left us by Christ, it is a sign of our want of regard for him. — Duty of Man.
  3. (intransitive) (falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.
  4. (intransitive) to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.
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Etymology 3

Apparently from bang (verb) +‎ -le (instrumental suffix), perhaps ultimately connected with Proto-Germanic *bangilaz. Compare Dutch bengel, German Bengel.

Noun

bangle (plural bangles)

  1. (dialectal) The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs

Anagrams

  • Bangel, Bengal

Source: wiktionary.org