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Is merle a Scrabble word?

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

M3E1R1L1E1

Is merle a Scrabble UK word?

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

M3E1R1L1E1

Is merle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word merle is a Words With Friends word. The word merle is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

M4E1R1L2E1

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5-letter words (2 found)

MEREL,MERLE,

4-letter words (7 found)

LEER,LEME,LERE,MEER,MERE,MERL,REEL,

3-letter words (10 found)

EEL,ELM,EME,ERE,ERM,LEE,MEE,MEL,REE,REM,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EL,EM,ER,ME,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 26 words from merle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of merle

merle emrle mrele rmele ermle remle melre emlre mlere lmere elmre lemre mrlee rmlee mlree lmree rlmee lrmee erlme relme elrme lerme rleme lreme merel emrel mreel rmeel ermel remel meerl emerl meerl emerl eemrl eemrl mreel rmeel merel emrel remel ermel ereml reeml eerml eerml reeml ereml meler emler mleer lmeer elmer lemer meelr emelr meelr emelr eemlr eemlr mleer lmeer meler emler lemer elmer elemr leemr eelmr eelmr leemr elemr mrlee rmlee mlree lmree rlmee lrmee mrele rmele merle emrle remle ermle mlere lmere melre emlre lemre elmre rleme lreme relme erlme lerme elrme erlem relem elrem lerem rleem lreem erelm reelm eerlm eerlm reelm erelm elerm leerm eelrm eelrm leerm elerm rleem lreem relem erlem lerem elrem

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

Definitions and meaning of merle

merle

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mɜːl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /mɝl/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l

Etymology 1

From Middle English merle, from Old French merle (French merle), from Latin merula (“blackbird”) (whence the directly borrowed Middle English merule, and compare the taxonomic name Turdus merula), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mes- (“black, blackbird”). Compare Breton moualch (“ouzel”), Welsh mwyalch (“blackbird, thrush”). Distantly related to the synonymous ouzel.

Noun

merle (plural merles)

  1. The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
  2. Any blackbird.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

merle (countable and uncountable, plural merles)

  1. A type of mottled coloration on dogs.
  2. A dog having this coloration.

Anagrams

  • Elmer, Lemer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin merula, the word for the male blackbird being mostly female until the 16th century. Probable influence of the Late Latin masculine form merulus (compare Italian merlo, Spanish mirlo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛʁl/

Noun

merle m (plural merles, feminine merlesse or merlette)

  1. blackbird
  2. Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)

Synonyms

  • (blackbird): (Louisiana) tchoque

Derived terms

  • faute de grives on mange des merles
  • grossier merle
  • merle blanc
  • merle d’Amérique

References

Anagrams

  • mêler

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛr.le/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrle
  • Hyphenation: mèr‧le

Noun

merle f

  1. plural of merla

Middle English

Noun

merle

  1. Alternative form of marle

Source: wiktionary.org