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Yes. The word ecbole is a Scrabble US word. The word ecbole is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

E1C3B3O1L1E1

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Yes. The word ecbole is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

E1C3B3O1L1E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

ECBOLE,

5-letter words (2 found)

CELEB,COBLE,

4-letter words (5 found)

BLEE,BLOC,BOLE,COLE,LOBE,

3-letter words (12 found)

BEE,BEL,CEE,CEL,COB,COL,ECO,EEL,LEE,LOB,OBE,OLE,

2-letter words (7 found)

BE,BO,EE,EL,LO,OB,OE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 28 words from ecbole according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ecbole

ecbole

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκβολή (ekbolḗ, “a digression”), from ἐκβάλλω (ekbállō, “to throw out”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛkbəliː/

Noun

ecbole (countable and uncountable, plural ecboles)

  1. (rhetoric, rare) A digression, (especially) one in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words.
  2. (music) The raising or sharping of a tone, especially (historical) in relation to Ancient Greek music.
    • 1813, J.M. Good & al., Pantologia, s.v. "Ecbole":
      Ecbole: a […] change in the enharmonic genus, by the accidental elevation of a chord, or string, five dieses above its ordinary pitch.

References

  • "ecbole" in George L. Scott's Supplement to Mr Chamber's Cyclopaedia, London: Innys & al., 1753.
  • "ecbole" in Chauncey A. Goodrich's revision of Noah Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, London: Illustrated London Library, 1852.
  • “ecbole, n..”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1891.

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