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What does isle mean? Is isle a Scrabble word?

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Is isle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word isle is a Scrabble US word. The word isle is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

I1S1L1E1

Is isle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word isle is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

I1S1L1E1

Is isle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word isle is a Words With Friends word. The word isle is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

I1S1L2E1

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4-letter words (5 found)

ISLE,LEIS,LIES,SEIL,SILE,

3-letter words (7 found)

ELS,LEI,LES,LIE,LIS,SEI,SEL,

2-letter words (5 found)

EL,ES,IS,LI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 18 words from isle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of isle

isle sile ilse lise slie lsie isel siel iesl eisl seil esil iles lies iels eils leis elis slei lsei seli esli lesi elsi

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word isle. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in isle.

Definitions and meaning of isle

isle

Etymology 1

From Middle English ile, yle (with s added, similar to English island), borrowed from Old French ille, idle, isle, from Latin insula. Not related to island. Doublet of insula.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /aɪ̯l/
  • Rhymes: -aɪl
  • Homophones: I'll, aisle

Noun

isle (plural isles)

  1. An island - in modern times it is implied to be small -, compare with islet.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • insulate
  • insulation
  • islet
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

isle (plural isles)

  1. Obsolete spelling of aisle

Further reading

  • “isle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • %iles, Elis, Iles, Leis, Lise, Sile, iles, leis, lies, sile, slie

French

Noun

isle f (plural isles)

  1. Obsolete spelling of île

Anagrams

  • élis, îles, lies, liés, Lise, lise, sile, silé

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French isle, from Latin insula.

Noun

isle f (plural isles)

  1. island

Descendants

  • French: île (see there for further descendants)

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *isula, from Latin insula.

Noun

isle oblique singular, f (oblique plural isles, nominative singular isle, nominative plural isles)

  1. island

Descendants

  • Middle French: isle
    • French: île (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: île
  • Walloon: iye
  • → Middle English: yle, ile
    • English: isle

Turkish

Verb

isle

  1. second-person singular imperative of islemek

Source: wiktionary.org