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Is motel a Scrabble word?

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

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Is motel a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is motel a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (2 found)

METOL,MOTEL,

4-letter words (8 found)

LOME,LOTE,MELT,MOLE,MOLT,MOTE,TOLE,TOME,

3-letter words (15 found)

ELM,ELT,EMO,LET,LOT,MEL,MET,MOE,MOL,MOT,OLE,OLM,TEL,TOE,TOM,

2-letter words (10 found)

EL,EM,ET,LO,ME,MO,OE,OM,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 36 words from motel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of motel

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

Definitions and meaning of motel

motel

Etymology

Blend of motor +‎ hotel, from the original Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo in California, USA, established in 1925 by Arthur Heineman (1878–1974).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /moʊˈtɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tel

Noun

motel (plural motels)

  1. (also attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there.
  2. A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel.

Synonyms

  • (hotel): See also Thesaurus:lodging place
  • (love hotel): See also Thesaurus:love hotel

Derived terms

  • hot-sheet motel
  • no-tell motel
  • roach motel

Translations

See also

  • hotel
  • inn
  • motor court
  • tourist court

Verb

motel (third-person singular simple present motels, present participle moteling or motelling, simple past and past participle moteled or motelled)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To stay in a motel or motels.

Further reading

  • motel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • metol

Basque

Noun

motel

  1. stammerer

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmotɛl]

Noun

motel m inan

  1. motel

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • motel in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • motel in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • motel in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English motel. The gender and pronunciation were adapted to agree with hotel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːˈtɛl/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

motel n (plural motels, diminutive motelletje n)

  1. A motel (roadside hotel for motorists).

French

Pronunciation

Noun

motel m (plural motels)

  1. motel

Further reading

  • “motel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English motel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.tɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtɛl
  • Syllabification: mo‧tel

Noun

motel m inan (diminutive motelik)

  1. motel

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • motel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • motel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English motel.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tel

Noun

motel m (plural motéis)

  1. love hotel (short-stay hotel for sex)

Derived terms

  • moteleiro

Further reading

  • “motel” in iDicionário Aulete.
  • “motel” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  • “motel” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
  • “motel” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French motel, from English motel.

Noun

motel n (plural moteluri)

  1. motel

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǒteːl/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tel

Noun

mòtēl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀те̄л)

  1. motel

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈtel/ [moˈt̪el]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: mo‧tel

Noun

motel m (plural moteles)

  1. motel
  2. (Mexico) brothel, whorehouse

Further reading

  • “motel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English motel or Spanish motel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈtel/, [moˈtɛl]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tel

Noun

motél (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. motel
  2. love hotel; no-tell motel

Derived terms

Related terms

  • otel

Further reading

  • “motel”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Noun

motel (definite accusative moteli, plural moteller)

  1. motel

Declension


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