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Is libel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word libel is a Scrabble US word. The word libel is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is libel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word libel is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

LIBEL,

4-letter words (3 found)

BELL,BILE,BILL,

3-letter words (6 found)

BEL,ELL,ILL,LEI,LIB,LIE,

2-letter words (4 found)

BE,BI,EL,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from libel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of libel

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Definitions and meaning of libel

libel

Etymology

From Middle English libel, from Old French libelle, from Latin libellus (“petition”, literally “booklet”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: līʹbəl, IPA(key): /ˈlaɪbəl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪbəl

Noun

libel (countable and uncountable, plural libels)

  1. (countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
  2. (uncountable) The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.
  3. (countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
  4. (law, countable) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
    • 1873, United States Supreme Court, The Rio Grande, 86 U.S. 178,179
      These provisions of law being in force, the steamer Rio Grande, owned, as was alleged, by persons in Mexico, being in the port of Mobile, in the Southern District of Alabama, certain materialmen, on the 26th of November, 1867, filed separate libels against her in the district court for the said district.
  5. (countable) A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.

Usage notes

In common usage, the noun and verb is particularly used where the defamatory writing meets the legal definition of libel in a particular jurisdiction.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:slander

Derived terms

  • blasphemous libel
  • libel tourism

Translations

Verb

libel (third-person singular simple present libels, present participle (UK) libelling or (US) libeling, simple past and past participle (UK) libelled or (US) libeled) (transitive, law)

  1. To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:defame
  2. To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a legal claim.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • defamation
  • defame
  • slander

Anagrams

  • Belli, I'll be, Ibell, Liebl

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈbɛl/
  • Hyphenation: li‧bel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin libella or libellula.

Noun

libel f (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)

  1. dragonfly, insect of the infraorder Anisoptera
  2. dragonfly or damselfly, insect of the order Odonata
Alternative forms
  • libelle
Hyponyms
  • (insect of the order Odonata): beekjuffer, breedscheenjuffer, pantserjuffer, waterjuffer, winterjuffer
Descendants
  • → Lokono: bibiri

Etymology 2

From Latin libellus, diminutive of liber (“book”).

Noun

libel n (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)

  1. booklet, notably a libel (defamatory writing)
Synonyms
  • schotschrift
  • smaadschrift

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin libella.

Noun

libel f (plural libellen, diminutive libelletje n)

  1. A vial of a level.

References

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • lybel

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin libellus (“little book”).

Noun

libel

  1. Any short and formal written text
    1. (law) A litigant's statement of complaint, or list of charges
    2. Any written formal complaint, particularly in marital conflicts
    3. A treatise; a division of a larger work.

Source: wiktionary.org