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Is battel a Scrabble word?

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

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Is battel a Scrabble UK word?

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

B3A1T1T1E1L1

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6-letter words (4 found)

BATLET,BATTEL,BATTLE,TABLET,

5-letter words (7 found)

ABLET,BETTA,BLATE,BLATT,BLEAT,LATTE,TABLE,

4-letter words (24 found)

ABET,ABLE,ALBE,BAEL,BALE,BATE,BATT,BEAL,BEAT,BELT,BETA,BLAE,BLAT,BLET,ETAT,LATE,LEAT,TAEL,TALE,TATE,TEAL,TEAT,TELA,TELT,

3-letter words (23 found)

ALB,ALE,ALT,ATE,ATT,BAE,BAL,BAT,BEL,BET,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAB,LAT,LEA,LET,TAB,TAE,TAT,TEA,TEL,TET,

2-letter words (12 found)

AB,AE,AL,AT,BA,BE,EA,EL,ET,LA,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 71 words from battel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of battel

battel

Etymology 1

From Middle English batel, batayle from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“military exercises”), from Latin battuō (“to strike, hit, beat, fight”), from a Gaulish root, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to stab, dig”). Doublet of battalia and battle.

Alternative forms

  • batail, battle

Noun

battel (plural battels)

  1. Archaic spelling of battle.
  2. (UK, law, obsolete) A single combat.
    trial by battel; wager of battel

Etymology 2

Adjective

battel (comparative more battel, superlative most battel)

  1. (obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive

Verb

battel (third-person singular simple present battels, present participle batteling or battelling, simple past and past participle batteled or battelled)

  1. (transitive) To make fertile.
  2. (transitive, intransitive, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery.
  3. (intransitive, Oxford University) To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery.

Noun

battel (countable and uncountable, plural battels)

  1. (UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
  2. (UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.
  3. (UK, Eton College, obsolete) A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance

Etymology 3

From Hebrew בטל

Verb

battel (third-person singular simple present battels, present participle battelling, simple past and past participle battelled)

  1. (intransitive, Yeshivish) To waste, especially time.
  2. (transitive, Yeshivish) To nullify.

Further reading

  • “battel”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “battle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Battle, batlet, battle, tablet

Source: wiktionary.org