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Is cackle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cackle is a Scrabble US word. The word cackle is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

C3A1C3K5L1E1

Is cackle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cackle is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

C3A1C3K5L1E1

Is cackle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cackle is a Words With Friends word. The word cackle is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

CACKLE,

5-letter words (4 found)

ALECK,CECAL,CLACK,CLECK,

4-letter words (10 found)

ALEC,CACK,CAKE,CALK,CECA,KALE,LACE,LACK,LAKE,LEAK,

3-letter words (11 found)

ACE,AKE,ALE,CAL,CEL,ELK,KAE,KEA,LAC,LEA,LEK,

2-letter words (6 found)

AE,AL,EA,EL,KA,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 33 words from cackle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cackle

cackle

Etymology

From Middle English caclen, cakelen, perhaps from Old English *caclian, *cacolian, from Proto-West Germanic *kakulōn, *kakilōn (“to cackle, gaggle, yelp, snarl”), perhaps of imitative origin. Compare Dutch kakelen (“to cackle”), German Low German kakeln (“to cackle”), German kakeln (“to blather”), Danish kagle (“to cackle”), Swedish kackla (“to cackle”). Compare also Old English cahhetan, ċeahhettan (“to laugh loudly; cackle”), German gackern (“to cackle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkækəl/
  • Rhymes: -ækəl

Noun

cackle (countable and uncountable, plural cackles)

  1. The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
  2. A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.
  3. Futile or excessively noisy talk.
  4. A group of hyenas.

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Verb

cackle (third-person singular simple present cackles, present participle cackling, simple past and past participle cackled)

  1. (intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
  2. (intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.
  3. (intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
  4. (transitive, gambling, slang) To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:laugh

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See also

  • cluck

Source: wiktionary.org