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Is rattle a Scrabble word?

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

R1A1T1T1L1E1

Is rattle a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1A1T1T1L1E1

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Yes. The word rattle is a Words With Friends word. The word rattle is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1A1T1T1L2E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

LATTER,RATTLE,TATLER,

5-letter words (11 found)

ALERT,ALTER,ARETT,ARTEL,LATER,LATTE,RATEL,TALER,TATER,TETRA,TREAT,

4-letter words (24 found)

ARET,ARLE,EARL,ETAT,LAER,LARE,LATE,LEAR,LEAT,RALE,RATE,REAL,TAEL,TALE,TARE,TART,TATE,TEAL,TEAR,TEAT,TELA,TELT,TRAT,TRET,

3-letter words (23 found)

ALE,ALT,ARE,ART,ATE,ATT,EAR,EAT,ELT,ERA,ETA,LAR,LAT,LEA,LET,RAT,RET,TAE,TAR,TAT,TEA,TEL,TET,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AL,AR,AT,EA,EL,ER,ET,LA,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 74 words from rattle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rattle

rattle

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹæ.təl/, [ˈɹæ.tɫ̩]
  • Rhymes: -ætəl

Etymology 1

Middle English [Term?], from Old English hratele, ultimately imitative. The noun (c. 1500) is from the verb.

Verb

rattle (third-person singular simple present rattles, present participle rattling, simple past and past participle rattled)

  1. (transitive, ergative) To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.
  2. (transitive, figurative, informal) To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.
  3. (intransitive) To make a rattling noise; to make noise by or from shaking.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To scold; to rail at.
  6. To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering.
  7. To make a clatter with one's voice; to talk rapidly and idly; often with on or away.
  8. (UK, slang) To experience withdrawal from drugs.
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Noun

rattle (countable and uncountable, plural rattles)

  1. Object that rattles.
    1. Any of various plants of the genera Rhinanthus and Pedicularis, whose seeds produce a rattling noise in the wind. [from 10th c.]
    2. A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container. [from 16th c.]
    3. (music) A musical instrument that makes a rattling sound. [from 17th c.]
    4. (zoology) The set of rings at the end of a rattlesnake's tail which produce a rattling sound. [from 17th c.]
  2. Rattling sound.
    1. (onomatopoeia) A rapid succession of percussive sounds, as made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another. [from 16th c.]
    2. (now rare) Noisy, rapid talk; babble. [from 17th c.]
    3. (uncountable, now rare) Trivial chatter; gossip. [from 17th c.]
    4. A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer. [from 17th c.]
    5. (obsolete) A scolding; a sharp rebuke. [17th–19th c.]
    6. A rough noise produced in the throat by air passing through obstructed airways; croup; a death rattle. [from 18th c.]
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Etymology 2

From Arabic رَطْل (raṭl), variant of classical رِطْل (riṭl), ultimately from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra). Doublet of liter.

Noun

rattle (plural rattles)

  1. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of rottol: a former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight usually equal to 1–5 lb (0.5–2.5 kg).

Anagrams

  • Tatler, latter

Source: wiktionary.org