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Is birling a Scrabble word?

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

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Is birling a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word birling is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

BIRLING,

6-letter words (3 found)

BILING,RIGLIN,RILING,

5-letter words (6 found)

BLING,BLINI,BRING,GIBLI,IRING,LIBRI,

4-letter words (13 found)

BING,BIRL,BLIN,BRIG,BRIN,GIRL,GIRN,GLIB,GRIN,LING,LIRI,NIRL,RING,

3-letter words (13 found)

BIG,BIN,GIB,GIN,ING,LIB,LIG,LIN,NIB,NIL,RIB,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (4 found)

BI,GI,IN,LI,

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

Definitions and meaning of birling

birling

Verb

birling

  1. present participle and gerund of birl

Noun

birling (plural birlings)

  1. Alternative form of birlinn

Irish

Alternative forms

  • beirling (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish beirling, borrowed from Old Norse byrðingr (compare Scottish Gaelic bìrlinn).

Noun

birling f (genitive singular birlinge, nominative plural birlingí)

  1. barge
  2. (commander's) galley

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “birling”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “beirling”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Entries containing “birling” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Manx

Alternative forms

  • burling

Etymology

From Middle Irish beirling, borrowed from Old Norse byrðingr (compare Scottish Gaelic bìrlinn).

Noun

birling f (genitive singular birling, plural birleeyn)

  1. yacht
  2. galley, longship

Derived terms

Mutation

References

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “beirling”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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