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Is pintle a Scrabble word?

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

P3I1N1T1L1E1

Is pintle a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3I1N1T1L1E1

Is pintle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pintle is a Words With Friends word. The word pintle is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4I1N2T1L2E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

LEPTIN,PINTLE,

5-letter words (7 found)

ELINT,ENLIT,INEPT,INLET,INTEL,LENTI,NEPIT,

4-letter words (21 found)

LENT,LEPT,LIEN,LINE,LINT,LIPE,LITE,NITE,PEIN,PELT,PENI,PENT,PIET,PILE,PINE,PINT,PLIE,TEIL,TEIN,TILE,TINE,

3-letter words (26 found)

ELT,LEI,LEP,LET,LIE,LIN,LIP,LIT,NEP,NET,NIE,NIL,NIP,NIT,PEL,PEN,PET,PIE,PIN,PIT,TEL,TEN,TIE,TIL,TIN,TIP,

2-letter words (11 found)

EL,EN,ET,IN,IT,LI,NE,PE,PI,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 68 words from pintle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pintle

pintle

Alternative forms

  • pintel

Etymology

From Middle English pyntel, from Old English pintel (“penis”), from Proto-Germanic *pint- (“protrusion”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“peg, tip, protruding point, edge”), equivalent to pin +‎ -le. Cognate with Middle Low German pint (“male member, penis”), West Flemish pint (“tip”), Norwegian dialectal pintol (“penis”). More at pin, pen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪntəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪntəl

Noun

pintle (plural pintles)

  1. (now dialectal) The penis.
    Synonym: tarse
  2. (nautical) A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pintle.
  3. (gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.

Translations

Anagrams

  • leptin, pintel

Scots

Etymology

From Middle Scots pintel, from Middle English pyntel.

Noun

pintle (plural pintles)

  1. the penis

References

  • “pintle” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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