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Is gargle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gargle is a Scrabble US word. The word gargle is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is gargle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gargle is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

G2A1R1G2L1E1

Is gargle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gargle is a Words With Friends word. The word gargle is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (3 found)

GARGLE,LAGGER,RAGGLE,

5-letter words (8 found)

AGGER,ARGLE,EGGAR,GAGER,GLARE,LAGER,LARGE,REGAL,

4-letter words (18 found)

AGER,AREG,ARLE,EARL,EGAL,GAGE,GALE,GARE,GEAL,GEAR,GLEG,LAER,LARE,LEAR,RAGE,RAGG,RALE,REAL,

3-letter words (19 found)

AGE,ALE,ARE,EAR,EGG,ERA,ERG,GAE,GAG,GAL,GAR,GEL,GER,LAG,LAR,LEA,LEG,RAG,REG,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AG,AL,AR,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 58 words from gargle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gargle

gargle

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑ(ɹ)ɡəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡəl
  • Homophone: goggle (non-rhotic with father-bother merger)

Etymology 1

From French gargouiller (“to gargle”), from Old French gargouille, gargole (“gutter, throat”). Compare gargoyle. Displaced Middle English gargargisen (“to gargle”) from Latin, and native Old English swillan (“to gargle”) (> English swill).

Verb

gargle (third-person singular simple present gargles, present participle gargling, simple past and past participle gargled)

  1. (intransitive) to clean one's mouth by holding water or some other liquid in the back of the mouth and blowing air out from the lungs
  2. (intransitive) to make a sound like the one made while gargling
  3. (transitive) to clean a specific part of the body by gargling (almost always throat or mouth)
  4. (transitive) to use (a liquid) for purposes of cleaning one's mouth or throat by gargling.
    Every morning he gargled a little cheap Scotch.
Translations

Noun

gargle (countable and uncountable, plural gargles)

  1. A liquid used for gargling.
  2. (countable) The sound or act of gargling.
  3. (slang, countable, uncountable) Lager or other alcoholic drink.
Synonyms
  • mouthwash
Derived terms
  • gargle-factory
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Etymology 2

Noun

gargle (plural gargles)

  1. Obsolete form of gargoyle.

Anagrams

  • gregal, lagger, raggle

Source: wiktionary.org