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Is kirtle a Scrabble word?

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

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Is kirtle a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is kirtle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word kirtle is a Words With Friends word. The word kirtle is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

KILTER,KIRTLE,

5-letter words (7 found)

KITER,LIKER,LITER,LITRE,RELIT,TILER,TRIKE,

4-letter words (23 found)

KEIR,KELT,KIER,KILT,KITE,LEIR,LIER,LIKE,LIRE,LIRK,LITE,REIK,RIEL,RILE,RITE,TEIL,TIER,TIKE,TILE,TIRE,TIRL,TREK,TRIE,

3-letter words (23 found)

EIK,ELK,ELT,ERK,IKE,ILK,IRE,IRK,KET,KIR,KIT,LEI,LEK,LET,LIE,LIT,REI,RET,RIT,TEL,TIE,TIK,TIL,

2-letter words (9 found)

EL,ER,ET,IT,KI,LI,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 65 words from kirtle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of kirtle

kirtle

Etymology

From Middle English kirtel, from Old English cyrtel, cognate with Old Norse kyrtill (“tunic”) (whence Icelandic kyrtill, Danish kjortel (“gown, tunic”), Swedish kjortel (“petticoat, skirt”)), from Old Norse *kurtil-, supposedly a diminutive of *kurt-, from Latin curtus (“short, shortened”). Compare German Kittel.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəːt(ə)l/, /ˈkɜː(ɹ)-/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɚt(ə)l/, /-ɾ(ə)l/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)təl
  • Hyphenation: kir‧tle

Noun

kirtle (plural kirtles)

  1. A knee-length tunic.
  2. A short jacket.
  3. A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt.

Derived terms

  • half-kirtle

Translations

Verb

kirtle (third-person singular simple present kirtles, present participle kirtling, simple past and past participle kirtled)

  1. (transitive) To clothe or cover with, or as if with, a kirtle; to hitch up (a long garment) to the length of a kirtle.

Further reading

  • kirtle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • kilter

Source: wiktionary.org