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Is pestle a Scrabble word?

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

P3E1S1T1L1E1

Is pestle a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3E1S1T1L1E1

Is pestle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pestle is a Words With Friends word. The word pestle is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4E1S1T1L2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

PESTLE,

5-letter words (15 found)

LEEPS,LEETS,PEELS,PELES,PELTS,SLEEP,SLEET,SLEPT,SPEEL,SPELT,STEEL,STEEP,STELE,TEELS,TELES,

4-letter words (28 found)

EELS,ELSE,ELTS,LEEP,LEES,LEET,LEPS,LEPT,LEST,LETS,PEEL,PEES,PELE,PELS,PELT,PEST,PETS,SEEL,SEEP,SELE,SEPT,SLEE,SPET,STEP,TEEL,TEES,TELE,TELS,

3-letter words (19 found)

EEL,ELS,ELT,EST,LEE,LEP,LES,LET,PEE,PEL,PES,PET,PST,SEE,SEL,SET,TEE,TEL,TES,

2-letter words (7 found)

EE,EL,ES,ET,PE,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 71 words from pestle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pestle

pestle

Etymology

From Middle English pestel, pestell, from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum, from pīnsō (“pound, beat”). Doublet of pistil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛsəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsəl

Noun

pestle (plural pestles)

  1. A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
  2. (archaic) A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
  3. The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.

Coordinate terms

  • muddler

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Verb

pestle (third-person singular simple present pestles, present participle pestling, simple past and past participle pestled)

  1. (transitive) To pound, crush, rub or grind, as in a mortar with a pestle.

Translations

Related terms

  • pesto
  • pistil

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Anagrams

  • steple

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