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Is keelhaul a Scrabble word?

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

K5E1E1L1H4A1U1L1

Is keelhaul a Scrabble UK word?

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

K5E1E1L1H4A1U1L1

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Yes. The word keelhaul is a Words With Friends word. The word keelhaul is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

K5E1E1L2H3A1U2L2

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8-letter words (1 found)

KEELHAUL,

5-letter words (4 found)

AHULL,ALLEE,KEHUA,LEHUA,

4-letter words (29 found)

AKEE,ALEE,EALE,HAKE,HAKU,HALE,HALL,HAUL,HEAL,HEEL,HELE,HELL,HULA,HULE,HULK,HULL,KALE,KEEL,KELL,KUEH,KULA,LAKE,LAKH,LEAK,LEAL,LEEK,LEKE,LEKU,LUKE,

3-letter words (25 found)

AKE,ALE,ALL,ALU,AUE,AUK,EAU,EEK,EEL,EKE,ELK,ELL,EUK,HAE,HUE,KAE,KEA,KUE,LAH,LEA,LEE,LEK,LEU,UKE,ULE,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AH,AL,EA,EE,EH,EL,HA,HE,KA,LA,UH,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 72 words from keelhaul according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of keelhaul

keelhaul

Etymology

From Dutch kielhalen (“keelhaul”), from kiel (“keel”) + halen (“fetch; catch”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkiːlhɔːl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkiːlhɔl/
  • Hyphenation: keel‧haul

Verb

keelhaul (third-person singular simple present keelhauls, present participle keelhauling, simple past and past participle keelhauled)

  1. (transitive, nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship.
  2. (transitive) To rebuke harshly.
    • 2004, Jeff Rovin, Tempest Down, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Griffin Press, ISBN 978-0-312-30761-5; republished New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Paperbacks, May 2005, ISBN 978-0-312-93480-4, page 404:
      I've been asking myself the same question and there are two ways to answer it—yes and no. Yes, because he took on a responsibility no one else wanted—for the reasons we've all witnessed—and no because keelhauling him will be five percent about fixing what he may have done wrong and ninety-five percent about scapegoating.

Derived terms

  • keelhauling (noun)

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Further reading

  • keelhauling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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