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Is needle a Scrabble word?

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

N1E1E1D2L1E1

Is needle a Scrabble UK word?

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

N1E1E1D2L1E1

Is needle a Words With Friends word?

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

N2E1E1D2L2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

NEEDLE,

5-letter words (2 found)

NEELD,NEELE,

4-letter words (7 found)

DEEN,DELE,DENE,LEDE,LEED,LEND,NEED,

3-letter words (12 found)

DEE,DEL,DEN,EEL,EEN,ELD,END,ENE,LED,LEE,NED,NEE,

2-letter words (6 found)

DE,ED,EE,EL,EN,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 29 words from needle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of needle

needle


Etymology

From Middle English nedle, from Old English nǣdl, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō, from pre-Germanic *neh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈniː.dəl/
  • Rhymes: -iːdəl

Noun

needle (plural needles)

  1. A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
  2. Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
  3. A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.
  4. (informal) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
  5. A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
  6. A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
  7. (informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
  8. (programming) A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
  9. (entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.

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See also

  • acerate
  • acicular
  • eye
  • pin

Further reading

  • needle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

needle (third-person singular simple present needles, present participle needling, simple past and past participle needled)

  1. To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
  2. (transitive) To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
    Synonyms: goad, tease
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Edelen, ledene, lendee

Source: wiktionary.org