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Is rabble a Scrabble word?

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

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Is rabble a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1A1B3B3L1E1

Is rabble a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word rabble is a Words With Friends word. The word rabble is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1A1B4B4L2E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

BARBEL,RABBLE,

5-letter words (8 found)

ABLER,BABEL,BALER,BARBE,BELAR,BLAER,BLARE,BLEAR,

4-letter words (22 found)

ABBE,ABER,ABLE,ALBE,ARLE,BABE,BAEL,BALE,BARB,BARE,BEAL,BEAR,BLAB,BLAE,BLEB,BRAE,EARL,LAER,LARE,LEAR,RALE,REAL,

3-letter words (17 found)

ABB,ALB,ALE,ARB,ARE,BAE,BAL,BAR,BEL,BRA,EAR,EBB,ERA,LAB,LAR,LEA,REB,

2-letter words (11 found)

AB,AE,AL,AR,BA,BE,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 61 words from rabble according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rabble

rabble

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹæbəl/
  • Rhymes: -æbəl

Etymology 1

First attested since 1300s, from Middle English rablen (“to ramble; rave; speak in a confused manner”), cognate with Middle Dutch rabbelen (“to talk; chatter; trifle”), Low German rabbeln, robbeln (“to chatter; prattle”).

Alternative forms

  • ravel

Verb

rabble (third-person singular simple present rabbles, present participle rabbling, simple past and past participle rabbled)

  1. (intransitive) To speak in a confused manner; talk incoherently; utter nonsense
  2. (transitive) To speak confusedly or incoherently; gabble or chatter out

Etymology 2

From Middle English rabel, probably from the verb (see above).

Noun

rabble (plural rabbles)

  1. (obsolete) A bewildered or meaningless string of words.
  2. (obsolete) A pack of animals; or any confused collection of things.
  3. A mob; a disorderly crowd. [from late 14th c.]
  4. (derogatory) The mass of common people; the lowest class of populace. [from 1550s]
    Synonyms: plebs, riffraff; see also Thesaurus:commonalty
Derived terms
  • rabble rouser
  • rabblesome
  • ribble-rabble
Translations

Etymology 3

Old French roable (modern French râble), from Latin rutabulum (“a poker”).

Noun

rabble (plural rabbles)

  1. An iron bar used in puddling.

Verb

rabble (third-person singular simple present rabbles, present participle rabbling, simple past and past participle rabbled)

  1. (transitive) To stir with a rabble.
Derived terms
  • rabbler

Further reading

  • “rabble”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “rabble”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “rabble”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Babler, barbel, barble

Source: wiktionary.org