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Is puli a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word puli is a Scrabble US word. The word puli is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is puli a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word puli is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

PULI,

3-letter words (4 found)

LIP,PIU,PLU,PUL,

2-letter words (3 found)

LI,PI,UP,

You can make 8 words from puli according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of puli

puli upli plui lpui ulpi lupi puil upil piul ipul uipl iupl pliu lpiu pilu iplu lipu ilpu ulip luip uilp iulp liup ilup

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word puli. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in puli.

Definitions and meaning of puli

puli

Etymology

From Hungarian puli.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuːli/

Noun

puli (plural pulik or pulis)

  1. One of a breed of Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat.

Synonyms

  • Hungarian Puli

Translations

See also

  • puli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Category:puli on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • pilu

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puliq.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pu‧li
  • IPA(key): /puˈliʔ/, [puˈl̪iʔ]

Verb

pulî (plural puruli) _ (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒ)

  1. (Naga) to return home, to go home; to take something home
    Synonym: uli

Derived terms

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuli/, [ˈpuli]
  • Rhymes: -uli
  • Syllabification(key): pu‧li

Etymology 1

Shortened from pulituuri (“French polish”), commonly used in the past as surrogate alcohol.

Noun

puli (colloquial)

  1. drunkard, sot (one who is badly addicted with alcohol, to the point where the person is completely dependent on it)
    Synonyms: puliukko; see also Thesaurus:juoppo
Declension

Further reading

  • “3. puli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

From Hungarian puli.

Noun

puli

  1. puli
Declension

Further reading

  • “1. puli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a variant of pudli (“poodle”) due to the slight similarity of their curly coat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpuli]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Noun

puli (plural pulik)

  1. Puli (a Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat)

Declension

References

Further reading

  • puli in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.li/
  • Rhymes: -uli
  • Hyphenation: pù‧li

Noun

puli

  1. plural of pulo

Javanese

Romanization

puli

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦸꦭꦶ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puli/
  • Rhymes: -li
  • Hyphenation: pu‧li

Noun

puli

  1. (cooking) a kind of rice cracker.

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦥꦸꦭꦶ (puli)

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pulʲ]

Noun

puli

  1. plural of pulă

Usage notes

See pulă and pule.

Synonyms

  • pule

Volapük

Noun

puli

  1. accusative singular of pul

Source: wiktionary.org