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Is mallet a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word mallet is a Scrabble US word. The word mallet is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

M3A1L1L1E1T1

Is mallet a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word mallet is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

M3A1L1L1E1T1

Is mallet a Words With Friends word?

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

M4A1L2L2E1T1

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6-letter words (1 found)

MALLET,

5-letter words (1 found)

METAL,

4-letter words (24 found)

ALME,LAME,LATE,LEAL,LEAM,LEAT,MALE,MALL,MALT,MATE,MEAL,MEAT,MELA,MELL,MELT,META,TAEL,TALE,TALL,TAME,TEAL,TEAM,TELA,TELL,

3-letter words (23 found)

ALE,ALL,ALT,AME,ATE,EAT,ELL,ELM,ELT,ETA,LAM,LAT,LEA,LET,MAE,MAL,MAT,MEL,MET,TAE,TAM,TEA,TEL,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AL,AM,AT,EA,EL,EM,ET,LA,MA,ME,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 63 words from mallet according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mallet

mallet

Etymology

From Middle English malet, maylet, from Old French mallet, maillet (“a wooden hammer, mallet”), diminutive of mal, mail (“a hammer”), from Latin malleus (“a hammer, mall, mallet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmælɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ælɪt

Noun

mallet (plural mallets)

  1. A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.
  2. (weaponry) A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
  3. (music) A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments.
  4. (games) A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.
  5. (sports) The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.

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Verb

mallet (third-person singular simple present mallets, present participle malleting, simple past and past participle malleted)

  1. (transitive) To beat or strike with, or as if with, a mallet.

Related terms

  • malleable
  • malleate

Further reading

  • “mallet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “mallet”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “mallet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • metall.

Latin

Verb

māllet

  1. third-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of mālō

Source: wiktionary.org