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Is hockle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hockle is a Scrabble US word. The word hockle is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

H4O1C3K5L1E1

Is hockle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hockle is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

H4O1C3K5L1E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

HOCKLE,

5-letter words (3 found)

CHOKE,CLOKE,LOCHE,

4-letter words (17 found)

COKE,COLE,ECHO,HECK,HELO,HOCK,HOKE,HOLE,HOLK,KOEL,KOHL,LECH,LOCH,LOCK,LOKE,OCHE,OKEH,

3-letter words (12 found)

CEL,CHE,COL,ECH,ECO,ELK,HOC,HOE,LEK,OCH,OKE,OLE,

2-letter words (10 found)

CH,EH,EL,HE,HO,KO,LO,OE,OH,OK,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 44 words from hockle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hockle

hockle

Etymology 1

Probably from hackle, a brush once used for fraying flax, and related to heckle (“to tease”).

Noun

hockle (plural hockles)

  1. A knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay.

Verb

hockle (third-person singular simple present hockles, present participle hockling, simple past and past participle hockled)

  1. To damage cordage by twisting against the lay.

Etymology 2

From imperfect and past participle hockled; from present participle and verbal noun hockling. From hock.

Verb

hockle (third-person singular simple present hockles, present participle hockling, simple past and past participle hockled)

  1. (transitive) to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham.
    Synonyms: hamstring, hock, hough
  2. (transitive) To mow, as stubble.

Etymology 3

Probably onomatopoeic.

Noun

hockle (uncountable)

  1. (Geordie, vulgar) spit, spittle

Verb

hockle (third-person singular simple present hockles, present participle hocklin, simple past and past participle hockled)

  1. (Geordie) To spit.

References

  • “hockle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • hockle in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.

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