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Is gambrel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gambrel is a Scrabble US word. The word gambrel is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is gambrel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gambrel is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is gambrel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gambrel is a Words With Friends word. The word gambrel is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

GAMBLER,GAMBREL,

6-letter words (9 found)

AMBLER,BLAMER,BREGMA,GAMBLE,GARBLE,LAMBER,MALGRE,MARBLE,RAMBLE,

5-letter words (35 found)

ABLER,AMBER,AMBLE,ARGLE,BAGEL,BALER,BARGE,BEGAR,BELAR,BELGA,BLAER,BLAME,BLARE,BLEAR,BRAME,BREAM,EMBAR,GABLE,GAMBE,GAMER,GARBE,GLARE,GLEAM,GLEBA,GRAME,LAGER,LAMER,LARGE,MAERL,MARGE,MARLE,MELBA,REALM,REGAL,REGMA,

4-letter words (57 found)

ABER,ABLE,AGER,ALBE,ALME,AREG,ARLE,BAEL,BALE,BALM,BARE,BARM,BEAL,BEAM,BEAR,BEMA,BERG,BERM,BLAE,BLAG,BLAM,BRAE,BRAG,EARL,EGAL,EGMA,GALE,GAMB,GAME,GARB,GARE,GEAL,GEAR,GERM,GLAM,GRAB,GRAM,LAER,LAMB,LAME,LARE,LEAM,LEAR,MABE,MAGE,MALE,MARE,MARG,MARL,MEAL,MEGA,MELA,MERL,RAGE,RALE,REAL,REAM,

3-letter words (45 found)

AGE,ALB,ALE,AME,ARB,ARE,ARM,BAE,BAG,BAL,BAM,BAR,BEG,BEL,BRA,EAR,ELM,ERA,ERG,ERM,GAB,GAE,GAL,GAM,GAR,GEL,GEM,GER,LAB,LAG,LAM,LAR,LEA,LEG,MAE,MAG,MAL,MAR,MEG,MEL,RAG,RAM,REB,REG,REM,

2-letter words (16 found)

AB,AE,AG,AL,AM,AR,BA,BE,EA,EL,EM,ER,LA,MA,ME,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 165 words from gambrel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gambrel

gambrel

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡæmbɹəl/

Noun

gambrel (plural gambrels)

  1. The hind leg of a horse; the hock.
  2. (chiefly historical and obsolete outside dialects) A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering.
  3. A kind of meathook shaped roughly like a horse's hind leg.
    Synonym: gambrel hook
  4. (US, architecture) A gambrel roof.

Derived terms

  • gambrel roof
  • gambrel-roofed

Translations

Verb

gambrel (third-person singular simple present gambrels, present participle gambrelling or gambreling, simple past and past participle gambrelled or gambreled)

  1. To truss or hang up using a gambrel.

References

  • “gambrel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • gambler

Source: wiktionary.org