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Is runnel a Scrabble word?

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

R1U1N1N1E1L1

Is runnel a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1U1N1N1E1L1

Is runnel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word runnel is a Words With Friends word. The word runnel is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1U2N2N2E1L2

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6-letter words (1 found)

RUNNEL,

5-letter words (1 found)

ENURN,

4-letter words (5 found)

LUNE,LURE,NURL,RULE,RUNE,

3-letter words (12 found)

ERN,LEU,LUN,LUR,NUN,NUR,REN,RUE,RUN,ULE,URE,URN,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,EN,ER,NE,NU,RE,UN,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 28 words from runnel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of runnel

runnel

Alternative forms

  • rinel

Etymology

From Middle English runel, rennel, rinel, from Old English rynel (“that which runs; runner; stream”), from Proto-Germanic *runilaz, equivalent to run +‎ -el. Cognate with Scots rinel, rinnal (“stream; runnel”), Swedish rännel (“runner; runnel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹʌnəl/, /ˈɹʌn.l/
  • Rhymes: -ʌnəl
  • Hyphenation: run‧nel

Noun

runnel (plural runnels)

  1. A small stream, a rivulet.
  2. A small artificial channel for water to flow in.

Translations

Verb

runnel (third-person singular simple present runnels, present participle (UK) runnelling or (US) runneling, simple past and past participle (UK) runnelled or (US) runneled)

  1. To create channels for directing the flow of liquid.
    • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
      The people who settled here weren’t farmers. They hunted. Yet they built a large amphitheater of mud, a platform carefully runneled to carry liquid—possibly blood.

Anagrams

  • lunner

Source: wiktionary.org