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Is mickle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word mickle is a Scrabble US word. The word mickle is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is mickle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word mickle is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

M3I1C3K5L1E1

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

MELICK,MICKLE,

5-letter words (6 found)

CLEIK,CLIME,ICKLE,KELIM,MELIC,MELIK,

4-letter words (14 found)

CEIL,CIEL,CLEM,EMIC,LICE,LICK,LIKE,LIME,MECK,MICE,MICK,MIKE,MILE,MILK,

3-letter words (14 found)

CEL,EIK,ELK,ELM,ICE,ICK,IKE,ILK,LEI,LEK,LIE,MEL,MIC,MIL,

2-letter words (6 found)

EL,EM,KI,LI,ME,MI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 43 words from mickle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mickle

mickle

Etymology

From Middle English mickle, michel, mikel, mochel, muchel, mukel (“much; many; large, tall; great”), from Old English miċel, myċel (“big, large; great; much”), both from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, large; many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). The word is cognate with Icelandic mikill (“large in quantity or number; much; great”). Doublet of much and muckle.

For the adverb and noun forms, compare Middle English muchel (“extensively, greatly, much”, adverb) and Middle English muchel (“large amount”, noun).

The noun sense “a small amount” was due to the proverb many a little makes a mickle being incorrectly rendered as many a mickle makes a muckle, leading to mickle being thought to mean “a small quantity” and muckle to mean “a large quantity”, even though muckle is a variant of mickle and both mean “a large quantity”.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪk(ə)l/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɪkəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪkəl
  • Hyphenation: mick‧le

Adjective

mickle (comparative more mickle, superlative most mickle)

  1. (archaic, now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, especially Northumbria) (Very) great or large.
    Synonym: muckle

Usage notes

The use in Northumbrian is occasional; the word muckle is more common.

Derived terms

Adverb

mickle (comparative more mickle, superlative most mickle)

  1. (archaic, now chiefly Scotland) To a great extent.
  2. (obsolete) Frequently, often.

Noun

mickle (countable and uncountable, plural mickles)

  1. (archaic, chiefly Scotland) A great amount.
  2. (archaic, Scotland, originally erroneous) A small amount.
  3. (obsolete) Great or important people as a class.
  4. (obsolete) Greatness, largeness, stature.

Derived terms

  • many a mickle makes a muckle

Determiner

mickle

  1. (archaic, now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, especially Northumbria) Much; a great quantity or amount of.
  2. (archaic, now chiefly Scotland and Northumbria) Most; the majority of.

Pronoun

mickle

  1. (archaic, now chiefly Scotland) A great extent or large amount.

Alternative forms

  • meikle
  • michel (obsolete)
  • muchell (obsolete)

References

Further reading

  • “mickle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “mickle”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

  • Melick, Mickel, melick

Scots

Alternative forms

  • mikil, mekil, mukill, muckle

Etymology

From Old English miċel, myċel.

Adjective

mickle (comparative mair mickle, superlative maist mickle)

  1. much, great

Noun

mickle (uncountable)

  1. a great amount

Source: wiktionary.org