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Is ettle a Scrabble word?

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

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Is ettle a Scrabble UK word?

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

E1T1T1L1E1

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5-letter words (1 found)

ETTLE,

4-letter words (5 found)

LEET,TEEL,TELE,TELT,TETE,

3-letter words (7 found)

EEL,ELT,LEE,LET,TEE,TEL,TET,

2-letter words (4 found)

EE,EL,ET,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 18 words from ettle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of ettle

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

Definitions and meaning of ettle

ettle

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛtl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtl

Etymology 1

From Middle English etlien, atlien, from Old Norse ætla (“to think, mean, suppose, intend, purpose”), from Proto-Germanic *ahtalōną (“to strive, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *ok- (“to think, intend, purpose”); partly from Middle English aghtelen, ahtlien (“to think, esteem, purpose, set out, arrange”), from a frequentative variant of Old English eahtian (“to estimate, esteem, fix the character or quality of something, consult about, consider, deliberate, mediate, devise, watch over, speak of with praise”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahtōn (“to think, believe, fear”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwjaną (“to believe, intend, think, fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“to see”).

Cognate with Dutch achten (“to deem, regard, esteem, think”), German achten (“to heed, respect, value”), Danish agte (“to esteem, intend, observe, heed”), Gothic 𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ahjan, “to think”). More at eye.

Verb

ettle (third-person singular simple present ettles, present participle ettling, simple past and past participle ettled)

  1. (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To aim; purpose; intend; attempt; try.
  2. (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To expect; reckon; count on.
  3. (intransitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To take aim.
  4. (intransitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To make attempt.
  5. (intransitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To direct one's course.
  6. (intransitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To aspire; be ambitious.
Derived terms
  • ettling

Noun

ettle (plural ettles)

  1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Intention; intent; aim.
Synonyms
  • mint

Etymology 2

A variation of addle (“to earn”).

Verb

ettle (third-person singular simple present ettles, present participle ettling, simple past and past participle ettled)

  1. (obsolete) To earn.
Related terms
  • ettlings

Anagrams

  • tetel

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse ætla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛtl/

Verb

ettle (third-person singular simple present ettles, present participle ettlin, simple past ettle't, past participle ettle't)

  1. to intend, mean
  2. to try, attempt

Source: wiktionary.org