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Is deil a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word deil is a Scrabble US word. The word deil is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is deil a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word deil is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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4-letter words (6 found)

DEIL,DELI,DIEL,EILD,IDLE,LIED,

3-letter words (9 found)

DEI,DEL,DIE,ELD,IDE,LED,LEI,LID,LIE,

2-letter words (6 found)

DE,DI,ED,EL,ID,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 22 words from deil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of deil

deil

Gagauz

Adverb

deil

  1. (dated) alternative form of diil

Further reading

  • Ciachir, Mihail (1938) “deil”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 39

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish deil (“a straight piece of wood in various applications”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲelʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /dʲɨlʲ/

Noun

deil f (genitive singular deile, nominative plural deileanna)

  1. lathe (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)

Declension

Derived terms

  • deil potaire (“potter's lathe”)

Verb

deil (present analytic deileann, future analytic deilfidh, verbal noun deileadh, past participle deilte)

  1. to turn, shape with a lathe

Conjugation

Mutation

References

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 234
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deilim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 234
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “deil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Middle English

Noun

deil

  1. alternative form of del

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

deil m (definite singular deilen, indefinite plural deilar, definite plural deilane)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of del

Scots

Alternative forms

  • deel, deevil

Etymology

From Middle English devel, from Old English dēofol.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dil/, /divəl/

Noun

deil (plural deils)

  1. devil
    • 1827, Sir Walter Scott, "The Highland Widow" ch. 2, in The Chronicles of the Canongate:

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dei̯l/
  • Rhymes: -ei̯l

Verb

deil

  1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of dal

Mutation


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