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Is fuel a Scrabble word?

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

F4U1E1L1

Is fuel a Scrabble UK word?

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

F4U1E1L1

Is fuel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word fuel is a Words With Friends word. The word fuel is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4U2E1L2

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4-letter words (2 found)

FLUE,FUEL,

3-letter words (5 found)

ELF,FEU,FLU,LEU,ULE,

2-letter words (4 found)

EF,EL,FE,FU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from fuel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of fuel

fuel ufel feul eful uefl eufl fule ufle flue lfue ulfe lufe felu eflu fleu lfeu elfu lefu uelf eulf ulef luef eluf leuf

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

Definitions and meaning of fuel

fuel

Etymology

From Middle English fewell, from Old French fouaille, feuaille (“firewood, kindling”), from feu (“fire”), from Late Latin focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”). Cognate with Spanish fuego (“fire”), and Portuguese fogo (“fire”). Doublet of focus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfjuːəl/, /ˈfjʊəl/, /ˈfjuːl/, /ˈfɪu̯(ə)l/
    • (US) IPA(key): [ˈfjuwəɫ] (some speakers)
  • Rhymes: -ʊəl

Noun

fuel (countable and uncountable, plural fuels)

  1. Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
  2. Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
  3. (figuratively) Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.

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Verb

fuel (third-person singular simple present fuels, present participle (US) fueling or fuelling, simple past and past participle (US) fueled or fuelled)

  1. To provide with fuel.
  2. To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.

Usage notes

  • Fuelled and fuelling are Commonwealth spellings. Fueled and fueling are US spellings and common in Canada.

Translations

Anagrams

  • flue, fule

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fuel, itself from Old French fouaille.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fjul/

Noun

fuel m (plural fuels)

  1. Alternative form of fioul

Further reading

  • “fuel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

fuel

  1. Alternative form of fewell

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fuel.

Noun

fuel m (plural fueles)

  1. fuel oil

Further reading

  • “fuel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org