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Is dill a Scrabble word?

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

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Is dill a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2I1L1L1

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4-letter words (1 found)

DILL,

3-letter words (2 found)

ILL,LID,

2-letter words (3 found)

DI,ID,LI,

You can make 6 words from dill according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of dill

dill idll dlil ldil ildl lidl dill idll dlil ldil ildl lidl dlli ldli dlli ldli lldi lldi illd lild illd lild llid llid

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word dill. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in dill.

Definitions and meaning of dill

dill

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle English dile, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”); from Proto-Germanic *deliz, of uncertain, probably non-Indo-European origin, possibly a west European substrate.

Cognate with Old Saxon dilli, Dutch dille, Swedish dill, German Dill.

Noun

dill (countable and uncountable, plural dills)

  1. Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
  2. A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring.
    Synonym: dill pickle
Synonyms
  • (herb): anet, dillseed, Peucedanum graveolens
  • (type of pickle): dill pickle
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Verb

dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)

  1. To cook or flavor with dill.

See also

  • cornichon
  • cucumber
  • gherkin
  • graveolens
  • pickled cucumber
  • pickle

Etymology 2

Variant of dull

Verb

dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)

  1. To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.

Etymology 3

Perhaps a backformation from dilly (“silly”).

Noun

dill (plural dills)

  1. (Australia, informal) A fool.

References

  • chapter DILL, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • chapter DILL, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • dill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Anethum graveolens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Anethum graveolens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dylja, from Proto-Germanic *dilja-, of uncertain, non-Indo-European origin, possibly a substrate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪlː/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlː

Noun

dill n (genitive singular dills, no plural)

  1. dill (Anethum graveolens)

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dil, from Old Norse dylja, from Proto-Germanic *dilja-, of uncertain, non-Indo-European origin, possibly a substrate.

Pronunciation

Noun

dill c (uncountable)

  1. the herb dill

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Source: wiktionary.org