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Is dandle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dandle is a Scrabble US word. The word dandle is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

D2A1N1D2L1E1

Is dandle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dandle is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

D2A1N1D2L1E1

Is dandle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dandle is a Words With Friends word. The word dandle is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2A1N2D2L2E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

DANDLE,LANDED,

5-letter words (8 found)

ADDLE,DALED,DEDAL,ELAND,LADED,LADEN,LANDE,NALED,

4-letter words (12 found)

DALE,DEAD,DEAL,DEAN,ELAN,LADE,LAND,LANE,LEAD,LEAN,LEND,NEAL,

3-letter words (18 found)

ADD,ALE,AND,ANE,DAD,DAE,DAL,DAN,DEL,DEN,EAN,ELD,END,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 54 words from dandle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dandle

dandle

Etymology

Compare Scots dandill (“to dander; go about idly; move uncertainly; trifle”), English dialectal dander (“to wander about; talk incoherently; rave”), Middle Dutch dantinnen (“to trifle”) (from French dandiner (“to swing; waddle”)), German dändeln, tändeln (“to trifle, dandle”), Middle Dutch and Provincial German danten (“to do foolish things; trifle”), German Tand (“trifle, prattle”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General American) IPA(key): /ˈdændəl/, [ˈdændəɫ]

Verb

dandle (third-person singular simple present dandles, present participle dandling, simple past and past participle dandled)

  1. (transitive) To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, usually said of a child.
    • 1978, Bible, New International Version, Isaiah 66:12
      You will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees.
  2. (transitive) To treat with fondness or affection, as if a child; to pet.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To play with; to wheedle.

Noun

dandle (plural dandles)

  1. (Rhode Island) A teeter-totter or seesaw.

Synonyms

  • (to treat with fondness): see also Thesaurus:pamper or Thesaurus:fondle

Derived terms

  • dandle board
  • dandler

Translations

See also

  • dander

Anagrams

  • DeLand, landed

Source: wiktionary.org