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Is grapnel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word grapnel is a Scrabble US word. The word grapnel is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is grapnel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word grapnel is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

GRAPNEL,

6-letter words (8 found)

ANGLER,ERLANG,GRAPLE,LANGER,LARGEN,PLANER,REGNAL,REPLAN,

5-letter words (35 found)

ANGEL,ANGER,ANGLE,ARGLE,ARPEN,GAPER,GENAL,GLARE,GLEAN,GNARL,GRAPE,LAGER,LARGE,LEARN,LEPRA,NERAL,PAGER,PAGLE,PALER,PANEL,PAREN,PARGE,PARLE,PEARL,PENAL,PLAGE,PLANE,PLENA,PRANG,RANGE,REGAL,REGNA,RENAL,RENGA,REPLA,

4-letter words (57 found)

AGEN,AGER,APER,AREG,ARLE,EARL,EARN,EGAL,ELAN,GAEN,GALE,GANE,GAPE,GARE,GEAL,GEAN,GEAR,GENA,GLEN,GNAR,GRAN,GREN,LAER,LANE,LANG,LARE,LARN,LEAN,LEAP,LEAR,LENG,LERP,NAPE,NARE,NEAL,NEAP,NEAR,PAGE,PALE,PANE,PANG,PARE,PEAG,PEAL,PEAN,PEAR,PELA,PERN,PLAN,PLEA,RAGE,RALE,RANG,RAPE,REAL,REAN,REAP,

3-letter words (46 found)

AGE,ALE,ALP,ANE,APE,ARE,EAN,EAR,ENG,ERA,ERG,ERN,GAE,GAL,GAN,GAP,GAR,GEL,GEN,GER,LAG,LAP,LAR,LEA,LEG,LEP,NAE,NAG,NAP,NEG,NEP,PAL,PAN,PAR,PEA,PEG,PEL,PEN,PER,PRE,RAG,RAN,RAP,REG,REN,REP,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AG,AL,AN,AR,EA,EL,EN,ER,LA,NA,NE,PA,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 163 words from grapnel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of grapnel

grapnel

Etymology

From Middle English grapnel, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French grapil, grapin. Compare modern French grappin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæpnəl/

Noun

grapnel (plural grapnels)

  1. (nautical) A small anchor, having more than two flukes, used for anchoring a small vessel.
    • 1790, William Bligh, A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board his Majesty’s Ship Bounty, London: George Nicol, Entry for 1 June, 1789,[1]
      At dawn of day we got on shore, and tracked the boat into shelter; for the wind blowing fresh without, and the ground being rocky, I was afraid to trust her at a grapnel, lest she might be blown to sea: I was, therefore, obliged to let her ground in the course of the ebb.
    Synonym: graplin
  2. A device with a multiple hook at one end and attached to a rope, which is thrown or hooked over a firm mooring to secure an object attached to the other end of the rope.
  3. (nautical) A grappling iron.

Translations

Verb

grapnel (third-person singular simple present grapnels, present participle grapnelling, simple past and past participle grapnelled)

  1. (transitive, nautical) To connect (ships) with a grapnel.

Source: wiktionary.org