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Is rackle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rackle is a Scrabble US word. The word rackle is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

R1A1C3K5L1E1

Is rackle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rackle is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

R1A1C3K5L1E1

Is rackle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word rackle is a Words With Friends word. The word rackle is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1A1C4K5L2E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

CALKER,LACKER,RACKLE,

5-letter words (10 found)

ACKER,ALECK,CARLE,CLEAR,CLERK,CRAKE,CREAK,LACER,LAKER,RECAL,

4-letter words (26 found)

ACER,ACRE,ALEC,ARLE,CAKE,CALK,CARE,CARK,CARL,EARL,KALE,LACE,LACK,LAER,LAKE,LARE,LARK,LEAK,LEAR,RACE,RACK,RAKE,RALE,REAK,REAL,RECK,

3-letter words (20 found)

ACE,AKE,ALE,ARC,ARE,ARK,CAL,CAR,CEL,EAR,ELK,ERA,ERK,KAE,KEA,LAC,LAR,LEA,LEK,REC,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AL,AR,EA,EL,ER,KA,LA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 69 words from rackle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rackle

rackle

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹæ.kəl/

Etymology 1

From Middle English rakyl (“chain”), apparently related to Old Frisian rakels (“chain”), French racle ("the iron ring of a door") (from a Germanic source), and also Middle English rakente, from Old English racente (“chain, fetter”). More at rackan.

Alternative forms

  • rakkill (Scotland)

Noun

rackle (countable and uncountable, plural rackles)

  1. (countable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A chain.
  2. (uncountable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Noisy talk.

Verb

rackle (third-person singular simple present rackles, present participle rackling, simple past and past participle rackled)

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To talk noisily; rattle on.

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Probably from rack (“to drive; move; go forward rapidly”), alteration of Middle English reken (“to drive; move; tend”), from Old Norse reka, vreka (“to drive; drift; toss”) +‎ -le (“tending or prone to”). Related to Icelandic reka, Swedish vräka, Danish vrage, English wrack.

Adjective

rackle (comparative more rackle, superlative most rackle)

  1. Of a person: rash, impetuous, reckless
  2. Rough, crude
  3. Sturdy in old age

Anagrams

  • Clarke, calker, lacker, recalk

Source: wiktionary.org