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Is rappel a Scrabble word?

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

R1A1P3P3E1L1

Is rappel a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1A1P3P3E1L1

Is rappel a Words With Friends word?

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

R1A1P4P4E1L2

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6-letter words (2 found)

LAPPER,RAPPEL,

5-letter words (10 found)

APPEL,APPLE,LEPRA,PALER,PAPER,PARLE,PEARL,PEPLA,RAPPE,REPLA,

4-letter words (25 found)

APER,ARLE,EARL,LAER,LARE,LEAP,LEAR,LERP,PALE,PALP,PAPE,PARE,PARP,PEAL,PEAR,PELA,PERP,PLAP,PLEA,PREP,RALE,RAPE,REAL,REAP,REPP,

3-letter words (21 found)

ALE,ALP,APE,APP,ARE,EAR,ERA,LAP,LAR,LEA,LEP,PAL,PAP,PAR,PEA,PEL,PEP,PER,PRE,RAP,REP,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AL,AR,EA,EL,ER,LA,PA,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

Definitions and meaning of rappel

rappel

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French rappeler (“to pull through (a rope)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹæˈpɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

rappel (plural rappels)

  1. Descending by means of a rope, abseiling.

Verb

rappel (third-person singular simple present rappels, present participle rappelling or rappeling, simple past and past participle rappelled or rappeled)

  1. To abseil.
  2. (obsolete) To call back a hawk.
Translations

Further reading

  • rappel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French rappel. Compare repeal.

Noun

rappel (plural rappels)

  1. (military) A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather.

Anagrams

  • lapper

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rappel, from French rappeler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rapel/, [ra.pe̞l]

Noun

rappel inan

  1. (climbing) rappel

Declension

Further reading

  • "rappel" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.pɛl/

Noun

rappel m (plural rappels)

  1. reminder
  2. encore (at the end of a performance); curtain call
  3. (on a speed limit sign) continuance of an existing speed limit
  4. (transitive) (A faulty product) subject to a recall. [from 20th c.]
  5. abseil

Derived terms

  • piqûre de rappel
  • pour rappel

Descendants

  • → Catalan: ràpel
  • → Dutch: rappel
    • → Indonesian: rapel
  • → English: rappel
  • → Portuguese: rapel
  • → Romanian: rapel
  • → Spanish: rapel

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • palper

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French rappel.

Pronunciation

Noun

rappel m (plural rappels)

  1. Alternative spelling of rapel

Spanish

Noun

rappel m (plural rappels)

  1. rappel

Source: wiktionary.org