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Is pistole a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pistole is a Scrabble US word. The word pistole is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

P3I1S1T1O1L1E1

Is pistole a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pistole is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

P3I1S1T1O1L1E1

Is pistole a Words With Friends word?

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

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7-letter words (2 found)

PIOLETS,PISTOLE,

6-letter words (14 found)

PILOSE,PILOTS,PIOLET,PISTOL,POLEIS,POLIES,POLITE,POSTIE,POSTIL,POTSIE,SOPITE,SPOILT,STIPEL,TOILES,

5-letter words (55 found)

ELOPS,ESTOP,ISLET,ISTLE,LIPES,LIPOS,LITES,LOIPE,LOPES,LOTES,OLPES,PELTS,PESTO,PIETS,PILES,PILOT,PISTE,PLIES,PLOTS,POETS,POISE,POLES,POLIS,POLTS,POSIT,POTES,SLEPT,SLIPE,SLIPT,SLOPE,SOLEI,SPEIL,SPELT,SPIEL,SPILE,SPILT,SPITE,SPLIT,SPOIL,STEIL,STILE,STIPE,STOEP,STOLE,STOPE,TEILS,TELOI,TELOS,TILES,TOILE,TOILS,TOISE,TOLES,TOPES,TOPIS,

4-letter words (85 found)

ELTS,EPOS,ISLE,LEIS,LEPS,LEPT,LEST,LETS,LIES,LIPE,LIPO,LIPS,LISP,LIST,LITE,LITS,LOPE,LOPS,LOSE,LOST,LOTE,LOTI,LOTS,OILS,OLES,OLPE,OPES,OPTS,PELS,PELT,PESO,PEST,PETS,PIES,PIET,PILE,PISE,PISO,PITS,PLIE,PLOT,POET,POIS,POLE,POLS,POLT,POSE,POST,POTE,POTS,SEIL,SEPT,SILE,SILO,SILT,SIPE,SITE,SLIP,SLIT,SLOE,SLOP,SLOT,SOIL,SOLE,SOLI,SPET,SPIE,SPIT,SPOT,STEP,STIE,STOP,TEIL,TELS,TIES,TILE,TILS,TIPS,TOES,TOIL,TOLE,TOPE,TOPI,TOPS,TOSE,

3-letter words (53 found)

ELS,ELT,EST,IOS,ISO,ITS,LEI,LEP,LES,LET,LIE,LIP,LIS,LIT,LOP,LOS,LOT,OES,OIL,OIS,OLE,OPE,OPS,OPT,OSE,PEL,PES,PET,PIE,PIS,PIT,POI,POL,POS,POT,PSI,PST,SEI,SEL,SET,SIP,SIT,SOL,SOP,SOT,TEL,TES,TIE,TIL,TIP,TIS,TOE,TOP,

2-letter words (21 found)

EL,ES,ET,IO,IS,IT,LI,LO,OE,OI,OP,OS,PE,PI,PO,SI,SO,ST,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 231 words from pistole according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pistole

pistole

Etymology

Borrowed from French pistole, of uncertain origin. Probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.

Alternatively, perhaps from Pistoia (a city in Tuscany).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɪstəʊl/, /pɪˈstəʊl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɪstoʊl/, /pɪˈstoʊl/

Noun

pistole (plural pistoles)

  1. (historical) A Spanish gold double-escudo coin of the mid-sixteenth century, or any of various gold coins derived from or based on this. [from 16th c.]
  2. (by extension) A disc-shaped piece of chocolate, the size of a coin, designed for melting when cooking.

Usage notes

A pistole of chocolate is larger than a callet, but the two terms are often used interchangeably.

Anagrams

  • Polites, elispot, piolets, polites, topiles

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pistole, from French pistole, probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. Doublet of píšťala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɪstolɛ]

Noun

pistole f

  1. pistol

Declension

Further reading

  • pistole in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pistole in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

1544. Uncertain. Probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle, flute”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīšk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pis.tɔl/

Noun

pistole f (plural pistoles)

  1. handgun, pistol [1544]
  2. (historical) pistole (coin) [1619]

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈstɔ.le/
  • Rhymes: -ɔle
  • Hyphenation: pi‧stò‧le

Noun

pistole f

  1. plural of pistola

Anagrams

  • poliste, sepolti, stipole

Middle French

Etymology

First attested 1544, of uncertain origin. Probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.

Noun

pistole f (plural pistoles)

  1. pistol (small gun)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (pistole)

Portuguese

Verb

pistole

  1. inflection of pistolar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org