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Is freckle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word freckle is a Scrabble US word. The word freckle is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is freckle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word freckle is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

F4R1E1C3K5L1E1

Is freckle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word freckle is a Words With Friends word. The word freckle is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

FLECKER,FRECKLE,

5-letter words (9 found)

CLEEK,CLERK,CREEK,CREEL,FLECK,FLEEK,FLEER,KEREL,REFEL,

4-letter words (21 found)

CERE,CLEF,CREE,FECK,FEEL,FEER,FERE,FLEE,FREE,KEEF,KEEL,KERF,LEEK,LEER,LEKE,LERE,RECK,REEF,REEK,REEL,REKE,

3-letter words (18 found)

CEE,CEL,EEK,EEL,EKE,ELF,ELK,ERE,ERF,ERK,FEE,FER,KEF,LEE,LEK,REC,REE,REF,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EF,EL,ER,FE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 57 words from freckle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of freckle

freckle

Etymology

From Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl (compare Faroese frøknur, Swedish fräknar, Danish fregner), s-less variant of Old English sprecel from Proto-Germanic *sprekalą (“freckle”) (compare dialectal Norwegian sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- (“to strew, sprinkle”). Cognate with Albanian fruth (“measles”). More at spark. Related to spry, sprack.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɹɛkəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkəl

Noun

freckle (plural freckles)

  1. A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
    • c. 1920s-1930s, Charlotte Druitt Cole, Runaway Jane:
      The rabbits came out from their burrows to peep, / The wind whispered, "Hush! little Jane's gone to sleep!" / And the spiders came spinning a curtain of lace, / Lest the sun should make freckles on Jane's pretty face.
  2. Any small spot or discoloration.
  3. (Australia) A small sweet consisting of a flattish mound of chocolate covered in hundreds and thousands.
  4. (Australia, slang) The anus.

Synonyms

  • ephelis
  • lentigo

Coordinate terms

  • beauty mark
  • dirt
  • sun kiss

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Verb

freckle (third-person singular simple present freckles, present participle freckling, simple past and past participle freckled)

  1. (transitive) To cover with freckles.
  2. (intransitive) To become covered with freckles.

Related terms

  • freckled
  • freckleface
  • freckly

Translations

Anagrams

  • flecker

Source: wiktionary.org