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Is chisel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word chisel is a Scrabble US word. The word chisel is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

C3H4I1S1E1L1

Is chisel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word chisel is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3H4I1S1E1L1

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

C4H3I1S1E1L2

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6-letter words (6 found)

CHESIL,CHIELS,CHILES,CHISEL,ELCHIS,LICHES,

5-letter words (11 found)

CEILS,CHIEL,CHILE,CIELS,CLIES,ELCHI,HEILS,ICHES,LEISH,SHIEL,SLICE,

4-letter words (21 found)

CEIL,CELS,CHIS,CIEL,EISH,ELHI,HEIL,HIES,ICES,ICHS,ISLE,LECH,LEIS,LICE,LICH,LIES,SECH,SEIL,SICE,SICH,SILE,

3-letter words (23 found)

CEL,CHE,CHI,CIS,ECH,EHS,ELS,HES,HIC,HIE,HIS,ICE,ICH,ISH,LEI,LES,LIE,LIS,SEC,SEI,SEL,SHE,SIC,

2-letter words (10 found)

CH,EH,EL,ES,HE,HI,IS,LI,SH,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 72 words from chisel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of chisel

chisel

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪzəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪzəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English chisel, chesel, from Old Northern French chisel, cisel, from cisoir (with a change in suffix), from Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting tool”), from Latin caedere (“cut”).

Noun

chisel (plural chisels)

  1. A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • burin
  • gouge
  • graver

Verb

chisel (third-person singular simple present chisels, present participle chiseling or chiselling, simple past and past participle chiseled or chiselled)

  1. (intransitive) To use a chisel.
  2. (transitive) To work something with a chisel.
  3. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To cheat, to get something from (someone) by cheating.
Usage notes

chiselling and chiselled are more common in the UK while chiseling and chiseled are more common in the US.

Derived terms
  • chiseler, chiseller
  • chisel in on
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English chisel, chesil, from Old English ċeosol, ċeosel, ċysel, ċisel, ċisil (“gravel, sand”), from Proto-West Germanic *kesul (“small stone, pebble”). See also chessom.

Alternative forms

  • chesil
  • chissel, chessil (dialectal)

Noun

chisel (usually uncountable, plural chisels)

  1. Gravel.
  2. (usually in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.
Related terms
  • chessom

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • Chiles, Schiel, Schlei, chiels, chiles, elchis, lechis, liches, sichel

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • chesel, chiseel, chesell, chisal, chesal

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman chisel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈsɛːl/, /ˈt͡ʃisɛl/, /ˈt͡ʃeːsɛl/

Noun

chisel (plural chisels)

  1. Any of several cutting tools used by stone masons.

Descendants

  • English: chisel
  • Yola: chisool

References

  • “chisē̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Noun

chisel oblique singular, m (oblique plural chiseaus or chiseax or chisiaus or chisiax or chisels, nominative singular chiseaus or chiseax or chisiaus or chisiax or chisels, nominative plural chisel)

  1. (Old Northern French) Alternative form of cisel

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