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What does burl mean? Is burl a Scrabble word?

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Is burl a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word burl is a Scrabble US word. The word burl is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

B3U1R1L1

Is burl a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word burl is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

B3U1R1L1

Is burl a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word burl is a Words With Friends word. The word burl is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4U2R1L2

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4-letter words (2 found)

BLUR,BURL,

3-letter words (5 found)

BRU,BUR,LUR,RUB,URB,

2-letter words (1 found)

UR,

You can make 8 words from burl according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of burl

burl

English

Alternative forms

  • burr (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), from Old French bouril, bourril (“flocks or ends of threads which disfigure cloth”), from Old French bourre, from Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /bɝl/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɜːl/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l

Noun

burl (countable and uncountable, plural burls)

  1. A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.
  2. Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
  3. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.

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Verb

burl (third-person singular simple present burls, present participle burling, simple past and past participle burled)

  1. To remove the knots in cloth.

Anagrams

  • blur

Source: wiktionary.org