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Is prickle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word prickle is a Scrabble US word. The word prickle is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

P3R1I1C3K5L1E1

Is prickle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word prickle is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

PICKLER,PRICKLE,

6-letter words (6 found)

ICKLER,LICKER,PICKER,PICKLE,RICKLE,RIPECK,

5-letter words (15 found)

CLEIK,CLERK,CLIPE,CRIPE,ERICK,ICKER,ICKLE,LIKER,PERIL,PIKER,PILER,PLIER,PRICE,PRICK,RELIC,

4-letter words (42 found)

CEIL,CIEL,CIRE,CIRL,CLIP,CRIP,EPIC,ERIC,ICER,KEIR,KELP,KEPI,KIER,KILP,KIPE,LEIR,LERP,LICE,LICK,LIER,LIKE,LIPE,LIRE,LIRK,PECK,PERC,PERI,PERK,PICE,PICK,PIER,PIKE,PILE,PIRL,PLIE,RECK,REIK,RICE,RICK,RIEL,RILE,RIPE,

3-letter words (30 found)

CEL,CEP,EIK,ELK,ERK,ICE,ICK,IKE,ILK,IRE,IRK,KEP,KIP,KIR,LEI,LEK,LEP,LIE,LIP,PEC,PEL,PER,PIC,PIE,PIR,PRE,REC,REI,REP,RIP,

2-letter words (7 found)

EL,ER,KI,LI,PE,PI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 103 words from prickle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of prickle

prickle

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹɪkəl/

Noun

prickle (plural prickles)

  1. A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
  2. (botany) On various plants, such as roses and Vachellia, sharp, hard extensions of the cortex and epidermis, informally called "thorns" in colloquial speech.
  3. A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
  4. A kind of willow basket.
  5. (UK, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.

Usage notes

  • Botanically speaking, many plants commonly thought of as having thorns or spines actually have prickles.

Derived terms

  • prickle cell
  • prickleless
  • pricklelike
  • prickleback
  • prickly

Translations

Verb

prickle (third-person singular simple present prickles, present participle prickling, simple past and past participle prickled)

  1. (intransitive) To feel a prickle.
  2. (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel a prickle; to prick.

Translations

Anagrams

  • pickler

German

Pronunciation

Verb

prickle

  1. inflection of prickeln:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org