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Is gerbil a Scrabble word?

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

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Is gerbil a Scrabble UK word?

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

G2E1R1B3I1L1

Is gerbil a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gerbil is a Words With Friends word. The word gerbil is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

GERBIL,

5-letter words (6 found)

BILGE,BIRLE,GIBEL,GIBER,LIBER,LIGER,

4-letter words (16 found)

BERG,BIER,BILE,BIRL,BREI,BRIE,BRIG,GIBE,GIRL,GLEI,GLIB,LEIR,LIER,LIRE,RIEL,RILE,

3-letter words (19 found)

BEG,BEL,BIG,ERG,GEL,GER,GIB,GIE,IRE,LEG,LEI,LIB,LIE,LIG,REB,REG,REI,RIB,RIG,

2-letter words (7 found)

BE,BI,EL,ER,GI,LI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 50 words from gerbil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gerbil

gerbil

Alternative forms

  • gerbille (dated)
  • (verb): gerble
  • jerbil (dated)

Etymology

From French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ, “jerboa”). Doublet of jerboa.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝbl̩/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɜːbl̩/
  • Homophone: Dyirbal
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl

Noun

gerbil (plural gerbils)

  1. A member of one of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and certain other genera in subfamily Gerbillinae, with leaping powers resembling those of the jerboa, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

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Translations

Verb

gerbil (third-person singular simple present gerbils, present participle gerbilling or gerbiling, simple past and past participle gerbilled or gerbiled)

  1. (intransitive) To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
  2. (intransitive, slang) To insert a small animal (typically a gerbil, supposedly) into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).

See also

References

  • “gerbil”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • gerbil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Bigler, Bilger, Gibler

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gerbille.

Noun

gerbil m (plural gerbili)

  1. gerbil

Declension

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • gerbill

Noun

gerbil c

  1. a gerbil, especially a Mongolian gerbil (common as a pet)
    Synonym: ökenråtta

Declension

References

  • gerbil in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Source: wiktionary.org