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Is funnel a Scrabble word?

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

F4U1N1N1E1L1

Is funnel a Scrabble UK word?

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

F4U1N1N1E1L1

Is funnel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word funnel is a Words With Friends word. The word funnel is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4U2N2N2E1L2

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6-letter words (1 found)

FUNNEL,

4-letter words (4 found)

ENUF,FLUE,FUEL,LUNE,

3-letter words (10 found)

ELF,FEN,FEU,FLU,FUN,LEU,LUN,NEF,NUN,ULE,

2-letter words (8 found)

EF,EL,EN,FE,FU,NE,NU,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 24 words from funnel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of funnel

funnel

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfʌnəl/
  • Rhymes: -ʌnəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English funell, fonel, probably through Old French *founel (compare Middle French fonel, Old Occitan fonilh, enfounilh), from Latin fundibulum, infundibulum (“funnel”), from infundere (“to pour in”); in (“in”) + fundere (“to pour”); compare Breton founilh (“funnel”), Welsh ffynel (“air hole, chimney”). See fuse.

Noun

funnel (plural funnels)

  1. A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.
  2. A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like.
  3. (marketing, figurative) Ellipsis of purchase funnel: the process of customer acquisition conceptualized as a series of stages, from initial awareness (top) to sale or conversion (bottom).
    top of (the) funnel marketing ― awareness stage marketing
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  • tundish

Verb

funnel (third-person singular simple present funnels, present participle funnelling or funneling, simple past and past participle funnelled or funneled)

  1. (transitive) To use a funnel.
  2. (intransitive) To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to condense or narrow.
    • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
      A line of clocks in our cheap hotel displays the time in Lagos, Bucharest, Kiev: the capitals of pilgrims who come to kneel at the birthplace of Christ. In reality the entire world funnels through the Church of the Nativity.
  3. (transitive) To channel, direct, or focus (emotions, money, resources, etc.).
  4. (transitive) To consume (beer, etc.) rapidly through a funnel, typically as a stunt at a party.
Derived terms
  • refunnel
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Etymology 2

Noun

funnel (plural funnels)

  1. Alternative form of fummel (“hybrid animal”)

Source: wiktionary.org