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Is carl a Scrabble word?

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

C3A1R1L1

Is carl a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3A1R1L1

Is carl a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word carl is a Words With Friends word. The word carl is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4A1R1L2

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4-letter words (1 found)

CARL,

3-letter words (5 found)

ARC,CAL,CAR,LAC,LAR,

2-letter words (3 found)

AL,AR,LA,

You can make 9 words from carl according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of carl

carl

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English carl, from Old English carl, a borrowing from Old Norse karl (“man, husband”), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of ceorl, churl, and karl.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kɑːl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /kɑɹl̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːl, -ɑɹl̩

Noun

carl (plural carls)

  1. A rude, rustic man; a churl.
    Synonyms: hick, hob; see also Thesaurus:country bumpkin
  2. (Scotland, obsolete) A stingy person; a niggard.
    Synonyms: skinflint, tightwad; see also Thesaurus:miser
Related terms

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Alternative forms

  • carle

Verb

carl (third-person singular simple present carls, present participle carling, simple past and past participle carled)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
    • , New York 2001, p.210:
      […] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […]

See also

  • hot carl

Anagrams

  • ACLR, CRLA

Old English

Etymology

From Old Norse karl (Danish karl (“man”), Swedish karl (“man”)), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“man, male”). Cognate with Old High German karl, karal. Doublet of ċeorl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑrl/, [kɑrˠl]

Noun

carl m

  1. a freeman, a man of middle rank or social class (in Norse and Anglo-Saxon society)
  2. (by extension) a man
  3. (by extension, in compounds) a male

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Derived terms


Source: wiktionary.org