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

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Is barbel a Scrabble UK word?

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6-letter words (2 found)

BARBEL,RABBLE,

5-letter words (8 found)

ABLER,BABEL,BALER,BARBE,BELAR,BLAER,BLARE,BLEAR,

4-letter words (22 found)

ABBE,ABER,ABLE,ALBE,ARLE,BABE,BAEL,BALE,BARB,BARE,BEAL,BEAR,BLAB,BLAE,BLEB,BRAE,EARL,LAER,LARE,LEAR,RALE,REAL,

3-letter words (17 found)

ABB,ALB,ALE,ARB,ARE,BAE,BAL,BAR,BEL,BRA,EAR,EBB,ERA,LAB,LAR,LEA,REB,

2-letter words (11 found)

AB,AE,AL,AR,BA,BE,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 61 words from barbel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of barbel

barbel

Alternative forms

  • barble (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English barbel, from Old French barbel, from Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːbəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bəl

Noun

barbel (plural barbels)

  1. A freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related genera.
  2. (biology) Whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish, including catfish, carp, goatfish, sturgeon, and some types of shark.
  3. A barb or pap under the tongues of horses and cattle.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Babler, barble, rabble

Indonesian

Etymology

From English barbell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbarbəl]
  • Hyphenation: bar‧bêl

Noun

barbêl (first-person possessive barbelku, second-person possessive barbelmu, third-person possessive barbelnya)

  1. (sports) barbell: a wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter.

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology 1

From barbe + -el, or by analogy from Latin barbula.

Noun

barbel oblique singular, m (oblique plural barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative singular barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative plural barbel)

  1. barb (something which stands out with a sharp point)
Descendants
  • French: barbelé

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *barbellus, from Late Latin barbulus, diminutive of Latin barbus (“a type of fish”).

Noun

barbel oblique singular, m (oblique plural barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative singular barbeaus or barbeax or barbiaus or barbiax or barbels, nominative plural barbel)

  2. barbel (fish)
Descendants
  • French: barbeau
  • Walloon: bårbea
  • → English: barbel
  • → Middle Dutch: barbeel
    • Dutch: barbeel

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (barbel)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English barbell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɾbel/, [ˈbaɾ.bɛl]
  • Hyphenation: bar‧bel

Noun

barbel (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. barbell
    Synonym: pesas

Further reading

  • “barbel”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Source: wiktionary.org