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Is darnel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word darnel is a Scrabble US word. The word darnel is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is darnel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word darnel is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

D2A1R1N1E1L1

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6-letter words (6 found)

ALDERN,DARNEL,ENLARD,LANDER,LARNED,RELAND,

5-letter words (13 found)

ALDER,ARLED,DEARN,DENAR,ELAND,LADEN,LADER,LANDE,LEARN,NALED,NERAL,REDAN,RENAL,

4-letter words (36 found)

ARED,ARLE,DALE,DARE,DARN,DEAL,DEAN,DEAR,DERN,EARD,EARL,EARN,ELAN,LADE,LAER,LAND,LANE,LARD,LARE,LARN,LEAD,LEAN,LEAR,LEND,NARD,NARE,NEAL,NEAR,NERD,RADE,RALE,RAND,READ,REAL,REAN,REND,

3-letter words (26 found)

ALE,AND,ANE,ARD,ARE,DAE,DAL,DAN,DEL,DEN,EAN,EAR,ELD,END,ERA,ERN,LAD,LAR,LEA,LED,NAE,NED,RAD,RAN,RED,REN,

2-letter words (16 found)

AD,AE,AL,AN,AR,DA,DE,EA,ED,EL,EN,ER,LA,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 98 words from darnel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of darnel

darnel

Etymology

From Middle English darnel, dernel, from Old Northern French darnelle ( > dialectal French dernelle, darnette), of Germanic origin, possibly Proto-West Germanic *darjan (“to harm, injure”).

Related to Walloon darne, derne (“stunned, dazed, drunk”), Middle Dutch verdarnt, verdaernt (“stunned, dumbfounded, angry”). The association with being dazed or drunkenness is due to the well-known intoxicating effects of the plant.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɑːnəɫ/

Noun

darnel (usually uncountable, plural darnels)

  1. A species of ryegrass, Lolium temulentum, often found in wheat fields and often host to a fungus intoxicating to humans and animals.
  2. Various species of Lolium, especially as a weed in wheat fields.

Synonyms

  • (Lolium temulentum): poison darnel

Hyponyms

  • (various species of ryegrass): Persian darnel, white darnel, red darnel

Translations

See also

  • Darnell

References

  • “darnel”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

  • Lolium temulentum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Lolium temulentum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Lolium temulentum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • darnel at USDA Plants database (L. temulentum)
  • darnel at USDA Plants database (L. persicum)

Anagrams

  • Ladner, Lander, Larned, Lenard, Nadler, Randel, Randle, aldern, enlard, lander, larned, learn'd, learnd, reland

Source: wiktionary.org