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Is cavel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cavel is a Scrabble US word. The word cavel is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is cavel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cavel is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

C3A1V4E1L1

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5-letter words (3 found)

CALVE,CAVEL,CLAVE,

4-letter words (9 found)

ALEC,AVEL,CAVE,LACE,LAVE,LEVA,VALE,VEAL,VELA,

3-letter words (11 found)

ACE,ALE,AVE,CAL,CEL,LAC,LAV,LEA,LEV,VAC,VAE,

2-letter words (5 found)

AE,AL,EA,EL,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 29 words from cavel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of cavel

cavel acvel cvael vcael avcel vacel caevl acevl ceavl ecavl aecvl eacvl cveal vceal ceval ecval vecal evcal avecl vaecl aevcl eavcl veacl evacl cavle acvle cvale vcale avcle vacle calve aclve clave lcave alcve lacve cvlae vclae clvae lcvae vlcae lvcae avlce valce alvce lavce vlace lvace caelv acelv cealv ecalv aeclv eaclv calev aclev claev lcaev alcev lacev celav eclav cleav lceav elcav lecav aelcv ealcv alecv laecv elacv leacv cvela vcela cevla ecvla vecla evcla cvlea vclea clvea lcvea vlcea lvcea celva eclva cleva lceva elcva lecva velca evlca vleca lveca elvca levca avelc vaelc aevlc eavlc vealc evalc avlec valec alvec lavec vlaec lvaec aelvc ealvc alevc laevc elavc leavc velac evlac vleac lveac elvac levac

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Definitions and meaning of cavel

cavel

Etymology 1

From Middle English *kavel, kevel, from Old English cæfl (“gag, bit, muzzle”), possibly from or akin to Old Norse kafli, kefli (“a piece of wood, gag”).

Alternative forms

  • cavil, kevel, kevil

Noun

cavel (plural cavels)

  1. (obsolete) A gag.
  2. (dialectal) A horse's bit.

Etymology 2

See kevel.

Noun

cavel (plural cavels)

  1. Alternative form of kevel (“stonemason's hammer”)

Etymology 3

From Middle English cavel, kavell, kevell, from Old Norse kafl, kafli (“long, round piece of wood, staff”), from Proto-Germanic *kablô, *kablaz. Compare also Middle Dutch kāvelen (“to draw lots, a lot”), kavele (“fate, lottery”), modern Dutch kavel (“lot, plot of land”), dialectal German Kabel.

Noun

cavel (plural cavels)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) The stick or runestaff used in casting lots; a lot.
  2. (obsolete or dialectal) A part, share, lot.
  3. (obsolete or dialectal) A parcel or allotment of land.

Source: wiktionary.org