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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.

All 4 letters words made out of carl

carl acrl cral rcal arcl racl calr aclr clar lcar alcr lacr crla rcla clra lcra rlca lrca arlc ralc alrc larc rlac lrac

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word carl. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in carl.

Definitions and meaning of carl

carl

Etymology 1

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

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

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 and related to Old English 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
    carlcatt ― he-cat, a male cat
    carlfugol ― a male bird, cock

Source: wiktionary.org