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Is candle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word candle is a Scrabble US word. The word candle is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is candle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word candle is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

C3A1N1D2L1E1

Is candle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word candle is a Words With Friends word. The word candle is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

CANDLE,LANCED,

5-letter words (14 found)

ACNED,ANCLE,CANED,CLADE,CLEAN,DANCE,DECAL,DECAN,ELAND,LACED,LADEN,LANCE,LANDE,NALED,

4-letter words (22 found)

ACED,ACNE,ALEC,ANCE,CADE,CANE,CLAD,CLAN,DACE,DALE,DEAL,DEAN,ECAD,ELAN,LACE,LADE,LAND,LANE,LEAD,LEAN,LEND,NEAL,

3-letter words (22 found)

ACE,ALE,AND,ANE,CAD,CAL,CAN,CEL,DAE,DAL,DAN,DEL,DEN,EAN,ELD,END,LAC,LAD,LEA,LED,NAE,NED,

2-letter words (13 found)

AD,AE,AL,AN,DA,DE,EA,ED,EL,EN,LA,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 74 words from candle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of candle

candle

Etymology

From Middle English candel, from Old English candel (“candle”), borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”), from Latin candeō (“be white, bright, shining”, verb); see candid. Doublet of candela and chandelle.

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkændəl/, /ˈkændl̩/
  • Rhymes: -ændəl

Noun

candle (plural candles)

  1. A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
  2. The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
  3. (obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
  4. (forestry) A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.

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Descendants

  • Sranan Tongo: kandra
  • → Chichewa: kandulo

Translations

Verb

candle (third-person singular simple present candles, present participle candling, simple past and past participle candled)

  1. (embryology, transitive) To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
  2. (pottery, transitive) To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
  3. (transitive) To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.

Further reading

  • “candle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “candle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Declan, calend, lanced

Source: wiktionary.org