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Is piddle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word piddle is a Scrabble US word. The word piddle is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

P3I1D2D2L1E1

Is piddle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word piddle is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

P3I1D2D2L1E1

Is piddle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word piddle is a Words With Friends word. The word piddle is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4I1D2D2L2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

PIDDLE,

5-letter words (4 found)

IDLED,LEPID,PILED,PLIED,

4-letter words (14 found)

DEID,DEIL,DELI,DIED,DIEL,EILD,IDLE,LIED,LIPE,PEDI,PIED,PILE,PLED,PLIE,

3-letter words (17 found)

DEI,DEL,DEP,DID,DIE,DIP,ELD,IDE,LED,LEI,LEP,LID,LIE,LIP,PED,PEL,PIE,

2-letter words (8 found)

DE,DI,ED,EL,ID,LI,PE,PI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 45 words from piddle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of piddle

piddle

Alternative forms

  • piddel, pidle (obsolete)

Etymology

Unknown, although possibly originally paw + -le (“forming verbs involving continuous or repeated movement”). In later use, a euphemistic diminutive of piss. The noun derives from the verb.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɪd.l̩/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɪdəl/, /ˈpɪd.l̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɪdl, -ɪdəl

Noun

piddle (plural piddles)

  1. (British, Australia, euphemistic slang) Piss: urine.
  2. (British, Australia, euphemistic slang) A piss: an act of urination.
  3. (British, figurative) Nonsense or a trivial matter.
    • 1910 March 2, Rupert Brooke, letter:
      It's the alteration of the little words that makes all the difference between Poetry & piddle.

Synonyms

  • (urine): widdle, see also Thesaurus:urine
  • (urination): widdle, see also Thesaurus:urination

Derived terms

Verb

piddle (third-person singular simple present piddles, present participle piddling, simple past and past participle piddled)

  1. (intransitive) Often followed by about or around: to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) Synonym of peck: to attack or eat with a beak.
  3. (intransitive, now Southern US, often with 'with') Synonym of nibble: to pick at or toy with one's food, to eat slowly or insubstantially.
    • 2000 May 9, Myrtle Beach Sun-News, Sect. A, p. 1:
      As about seven seniors quietly eat meat patties, mashed potatoes and canned peaches, Newberry piddles with the food.
  4. (UK, Australia, South Africa, Namibia, euphemistic slang, intransitive or reflexive) To urinate.
    • 1784, cited in Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol. VI, p. 128:
      Ha, ha, ha, Paddy shit in his breaches, ha, ha, ha, I shall laugh till I piddle myself.

Synonyms

  • (urinate): widdle, see also Thesaurus:urinate

Derived terms

  • piddling, piddly, piddle away

Related terms

  • pightle
  • widdle

Translations

References

  • “piddle, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2006.
  • “piddle, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Source: wiktionary.org