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Is gentle a Scrabble word?

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

G2E1N1T1L1E1

Is gentle a Scrabble UK word?

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

G2E1N1T1L1E1

Is gentle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gentle is a Words With Friends word. The word gentle is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3E1N2T1L2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

GENTLE,

5-letter words (4 found)

GENET,GLEET,GLENT,TENGE,

4-letter words (14 found)

ETEN,GELT,GENE,GENT,GLEE,GLEN,LEET,LENG,LENT,NETE,TEEL,TEEN,TELE,TENE,

3-letter words (19 found)

EEL,EEN,ELT,ENE,ENG,GEE,GEL,GEN,GET,LEE,LEG,LET,NEE,NEG,NET,TEE,TEG,TEL,TEN,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EL,EN,ET,NE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 45 words from gentle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gentle

gentle

Etymology

From Middle English gentil (“courteous, noble”), from Old French gentil (“high-born, noble”), from Latin gentilis (“of the same family or clan”), from gens (“[Roman] clan”). Doublet of gentile, genteel, and jaunty.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛntl̩/
  • (General American) enPR: jĕn′tl, IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/, [ˈd͡ʒɛ̃ɾ̃l̩]
  • Hyphenation: gen‧tle

Adjective

gentle (comparative gentler or more gentle, superlative gentlest or most gentle)

  1. Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
  2. Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
  3. Docile and easily managed.
    a gentle horse
  4. Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
  5. Polite and respectful rather than rude.
  6. (archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
    • 1893-1897, Charles Kendall Adams (editor), Johnson's Universal Encyclopedia
      British society is divided into nobility, gentry, and yeomanry, and families are either noble, gentle, or simple.

Synonyms

  • (polite): friendly, kind, polite, respectful

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "polite"): rude

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Verb

gentle (third-person singular simple present gentles, present participle gentling, simple past and past participle gentled)

  1. (intransitive) To become gentle.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To ennoble.
  3. (transitive, animal husbandry) To break; to tame; to domesticate.
  4. (transitive) To soothe; to calm; to make gentle.

Noun

gentle (plural gentles)

  1. (archaic) A person of high birth.
  2. (fishing) A maggot used as bait by anglers.
  3. A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.

Source: wiktionary.org