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Is gunwale a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gunwale is a Scrabble US word. The word gunwale is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is gunwale a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gunwale is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is gunwale a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gunwale is a Words With Friends word. The word gunwale is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

GUNWALE,

6-letter words (5 found)

LAGUNE,LANGUE,LEGUAN,UNWEAL,WANGLE,

5-letter words (10 found)

ANGEL,ANGLE,GENAL,GENUA,GLEAN,LUNGE,NUGAE,ULNAE,UNLAW,WANLE,

4-letter words (42 found)

AGEN,AGLU,AGUE,ALEW,ANEW,AUNE,EGAL,ELAN,GAEN,GALE,GANE,GAUN,GEAL,GEAN,GENA,GENU,GLEN,GLUE,GNAW,GUAN,GULA,GULE,LANE,LANG,LAWN,LEAN,LENG,LUGE,LUNA,LUNE,LUNG,NEAL,ULAN,ULNA,WAGE,WALE,WANE,WANG,WAUL,WEAL,WEAN,WENA,

3-letter words (41 found)

AGE,ALE,ALU,ANE,AUE,AWE,AWL,AWN,EAN,EAU,ENG,GAE,GAL,GAN,GAU,GAW,GEL,GEN,GNU,GUE,GUL,GUN,LAG,LAW,LEA,LEG,LEU,LEW,LUG,LUN,NAE,NAG,NAW,NEG,NEW,NUG,ULE,WAE,WAG,WAN,WEN,

2-letter words (17 found)

AE,AG,AL,AN,AW,EA,EL,EN,EW,GU,LA,NA,NE,NU,UG,UN,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 117 words from gunwale according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gunwale

gunwale

Alternative forms

  • gunnel

Etymology

From Middle English gonnewalle, itself from gonne (“gun”) + wale, as it used to support the ship's guns; equivalent to gun +‎ wale.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʌnəl/
  • Rhymes: -ʌnəl

Noun

gunwale (plural gunwales)

  1. The top edge of the hull of a nautical vessel, where it meets the deck.

Derived terms

  • to the gunwales

Translations

See also

  • bulwark

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Source: wiktionary.org