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What does rill mean? Is rill a Scrabble word?

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Is rill a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rill is a Scrabble US word. The word rill is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

R1I1L1L1

Is rill a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rill is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

R1I1L1L1

Is rill a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word rill is a Words With Friends word. The word rill is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1I1L2L2

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4-letter words (1 found)

RILL,

3-letter words (1 found)

ILL,

2-letter words (1 found)

LI,

You can make 3 words from rill according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of rill

rill irll rlil lril ilrl lirl rill irll rlil lril ilrl lirl rlli lrli rlli lrli llri llri illr lilr illr lilr llir llir

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

Definitions and meaning of rill

rill

Etymology

From or akin to West Frisian ril (“rill; a narrow channel”), Dutch ril (“rill; gully; trench; watercourse”), German Low German Rille, Rill (“a small channel; brook; furrow”), German Rille (“a groove; furrow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

rill (plural rills)

  1. A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
  2. (planetology) Alternative form of rille.

Derived terms

  • rill erosion
  • rillet

Translations

Verb

rill (third-person singular simple present rills, present participle rilling, simple past and past participle rilled)

  1. To trickle, pour, or run like a small stream.

Irish

Etymology

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Verb

rill (present analytic rilleann, future analytic rillfidh, verbal noun rilleadh, past participle rillte)

  1. (transitive) riddle, sieve, sift
  2. (transitive) pour (as from sieve)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • rilleán m (“riddle, coarse sieve”)

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “rillim” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “rill” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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