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Is docile a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word docile is a Scrabble US word. The word docile is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is docile a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word docile is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is docile a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word docile is a Words With Friends word. The word docile is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (3 found)

COILED,COLDIE,DOCILE,

5-letter words (8 found)

CLIED,COLED,DOLCE,DOLCI,LOCIE,OILED,OLDIE,OLEIC,

4-letter words (33 found)

CEDI,CEIL,CIDE,CIEL,CLOD,CODE,COED,COID,COIL,COLD,COLE,DECO,DEIL,DELI,DELO,DICE,DIEL,DIOL,DOLE,ECOD,EILD,ICED,IDLE,IDOL,LICE,LIDO,LIED,LOCI,LODE,LOID,ODIC,OLDE,OLID,

3-letter words (23 found)

CEL,CID,COD,COL,DEI,DEL,DIE,DOC,DOE,DOL,ECO,ELD,ICE,IDE,LED,LEI,LID,LIE,LOD,ODE,OIL,OLD,OLE,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,DI,DO,ED,EL,ID,IO,LI,LO,OD,OE,OI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 80 words from docile according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of docile

docile

Etymology

From Middle English docyle, from Middle French docile, from Latin docilis, from docēre (“teach”). Compare Spanish dócil ("docile").

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdəʊ.saɪl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.səl/, /ˈdɑ.saɪl/
  • Rhymes: (US) -ɑːsəl

Adjective

docile (comparative more docile, superlative most docile)

  1. Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
  2. Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

Synonyms

  • (ready to accept instruction): amenable, compliant, teachable
  • (yielding to control): compliant, malleable, meek, submissive, tractable, manageable

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "yielding to control"): perverse, defiant, rebellious, wilful

Derived terms

  • docilely
  • docility

Related terms

  • docent
  • doctor
  • doctorate
  • doctrinaire
  • doctrinal
  • doctrine
  • document
  • indoctrinate

Translations

Anagrams

  • cleido-, coiled, coldie

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin docilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔ.sil/
  • Rhymes: -il

Adjective

docile (plural dociles)

  1. docile

Derived terms

  • docilement

Further reading

  • “docile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin docilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.t͡ʃi.le/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃile
  • Hyphenation: dò‧ci‧le

Adjective

docile (plural docili)

  1. compliant, obedient, docile, meek
    Antonym: indocile

Derived terms

  • docilità
  • docilmente

Further reading

  • docile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

docile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of docilis

Source: wiktionary.org