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Is dottle a Scrabble word?

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

D2O1T1T1L1E1

Is dottle a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2O1T1T1L1E1

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Yes. The word dottle is a Words With Friends word. The word dottle is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2O1T1T1L2E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

DOTTEL,DOTTLE,LOTTED,

5-letter words (3 found)

LOTTE,TOLED,TOTED,

4-letter words (15 found)

DELO,DELT,DOLE,DOLT,DOTE,LODE,LOTE,OLDE,TELD,TELT,TOED,TOLD,TOLE,TOLT,TOTE,

3-letter words (19 found)

DEL,DOE,DOL,DOT,ELD,ELT,LED,LET,LOD,LOT,ODE,OLD,OLE,TED,TEL,TET,TOD,TOE,TOT,

2-letter words (10 found)

DE,DO,ED,EL,ET,LO,OD,OE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 51 words from dottle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dottle

dottle

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɒtəl/
Rhymes: -ɒtəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English dottel, dottelle (“a plug or tap of a vessel”), a diminutive of Old English dott (> English dot (“a point”)), equivalent to dot +‎ -le. Related to Old English dyttan (“to stop up, clot”), Dutch dot (“a knot, lump, clod”), Low German Dutte (“a plug”). More at dit.

Alternative forms

  • dottel

Noun

dottle (plural dottles)

  1. A plug or tap of a vessel.
  2. A small rounded lump or mass.
  3. The still burning or wholly burnt tobacco plug in a pipe.
    • 1892, Richard Oliver Heslop, Northumberland Words. English Dialect Society - Kegan Paul et al.
      In refilling a pipe, where twist is smoked, a common practice is to save the dottle and put it on the top of the new-filled pipe. "Aw like a baccy dottle to leet wiv."
  4. (Geordie) A baby's dummy, pacifier.
Translations
References
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
  • Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4

Etymology 2

Related to dote, dotard.

Adjective

dottle (comparative more dottle, superlative most dottle)

  1. (Scotland) Stupid or senile.

Noun

dottle (plural dottles)

  1. (Scotland) A dotard.
Synonyms
  • dodipole, dotel; see also Thesaurus:dotard

Anagrams

  • Dettol, lotted, tolted

Source: wiktionary.org