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Is dowel a Scrabble word?

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

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Is dowel a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is dowel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dowel is a Words With Friends word. The word dowel is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (4 found)

DOWEL,DOWLE,LOWED,OWLED,

4-letter words (10 found)

DELO,DOLE,DOWL,LEWD,LODE,LOWE,OLDE,OWED,WELD,WOLD,

3-letter words (17 found)

DEL,DEW,DOE,DOL,DOW,ELD,LED,LEW,LOD,LOW,ODE,OLD,OLE,OWE,OWL,WED,WOE,

2-letter words (11 found)

DE,DO,ED,EL,EW,LO,OD,OE,OW,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 43 words from dowel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of dowel

dowel odwel dwoel wdoel owdel wodel doewl odewl deowl edowl oedwl eodwl dweol wdeol dewol edwol wedol ewdol owedl woedl oewdl eowdl weodl ewodl dowle odwle dwole wdole owdle wodle dolwe odlwe dlowe ldowe oldwe lodwe dwloe wdloe dlwoe ldwoe wldoe lwdoe owlde wolde olwde lowde wlode lwode doelw odelw deolw edolw oedlw eodlw dolew odlew dloew ldoew oldew lodew delow edlow dleow ldeow eldow ledow oeldw eoldw oledw loedw elodw leodw dwelo wdelo dewlo edwlo wedlo ewdlo dwleo wdleo dlweo ldweo wldeo lwdeo delwo edlwo dlewo ldewo eldwo ledwo weldo ewldo wledo lwedo elwdo lewdo oweld woeld oewld eowld weold ewold owled woled olwed lowed wloed lwoed oelwd eolwd olewd loewd elowd leowd welod ewlod wleod lweod elwod lewod

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Definitions and meaning of dowel

dowel

Alternative forms

  • doul (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English dowle, dule, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French doelle (“the hollow part of a tool where the handle is”), from Frankish *duli (“hollow tube, pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *dulją (“pipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰel- (“curvature, hollow”). If so, then cognate with French douelle, douille.

Alternatively from Middle Low German dövel (“peg, plug”), from Old Saxon *dubil, from Proto-Germanic *dubilaz. If so, then cognate with Dutch deuvel (“wooden peg”), German Dübel (“dowel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaʊəl/
  • Rhymes: -aʊəl

Noun

dowel (plural dowels)

  1. A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
  2. A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
  3. (construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.

Coordinate terms

  • (pin or block of wood or metal): spline, biscuit, tenon
  • (construction): anchor, screw anchor (US); wall plug (UK).

Derived terms

  • cross dowel
  • dowel joint
  • dowel pin

Translations

Verb

dowel (third-person singular simple present dowels, present participle dowelling or doweling, simple past and past participle dowelled or doweled)

  1. (transitive) To fasten together with dowels.
  2. (transitive) To furnish with dowels.
    A cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.

References

  • “dowel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “dowel”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • dowle, lowed, owled, wolde

Source: wiktionary.org