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Is scruple a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word scruple is a Scrabble US word. The word scruple is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is scruple a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word scruple is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is scruple a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word scruple is a Words With Friends word. The word scruple is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

CURPELS,SCRUPLE,

6-letter words (8 found)

CRUELS,CUPELS,CURPEL,LUCRES,PULERS,PULSER,SPRUCE,ULCERS,

5-letter words (36 found)

CLUES,CREPS,CRUEL,CRUES,CRUSE,CUPEL,CURES,CURLS,CURSE,ECRUS,LERPS,LUCES,LUCRE,LURES,LUSER,PERCS,PLUES,PUCER,PUCES,PUERS,PULER,PULES,PULSE,PURES,PURLS,PURSE,PUSLE,RULES,SCULP,SLURP,SPRUE,SPUER,SPULE,SUCRE,SUPER,ULCER,

4-letter words (52 found)

CELS,CEPS,CLUE,CRUE,CRUS,CUES,CUPS,CURE,CURL,CURS,CUSP,ECRU,ECUS,LEPS,LERP,LUCE,LUES,LURE,LURS,PECS,PELS,PERC,PLUE,PLUS,PUCE,PUER,PULE,PULS,PURE,PURL,PURS,RECS,REPS,RUCS,RUES,RULE,RUSE,SCUL,SCUP,SCUR,SLUE,SLUR,SPEC,SPUE,SPUR,SUER,SUPE,SURE,ULES,URES,URPS,USER,

3-letter words (38 found)

CEL,CEP,CRU,CUE,CUP,CUR,ECU,ELS,ERS,LEP,LES,LEU,LUR,PEC,PEL,PER,PES,PLU,PRE,PUL,PUR,PUS,REC,REP,RES,RUC,RUE,SEC,SEL,SER,SUE,SUP,SUR,ULE,UPS,URE,URP,USE,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,ER,ES,PE,RE,UP,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 145 words from scruple according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of scruple

scruple

Etymology

From Old French scrupule, from Latin scrūpulus (“(literally) a small sharp or pointed stone; the twenty-fourth part of an ounce; uneasiness of mind, anxiety, doubt, trouble; scruple”), diminutive of scrūpus (“a rough or sharp stone; anxiety, uneasiness”); perhaps akin to Ancient Greek σκύρος (skúros, “the chippings of stone”), from ξυρόν (xurón, “razor”), from ξύω (xúō, “to scrape”), from Proto-Indo-European *ksunyo-. Doublet of escropulo and escrupulo.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskɹuːpəl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskɹupəl/
  • Rhymes: -uːpəl
  • Hyphenation: scru‧ple

Noun

scruple (plural scruples)

  1. Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
  2. (pharmacy) A weight of 1⁄288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
    Synonym: (abbreviation) s.ap.
  3. A Hebrew unit of time equal to 1⁄1080 hour.
  4. (obsolete, by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:modicum
  5. (obsolete) A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.

Derived terms

  • scruple-shop
  • scrupleless
  • scrupulosity
  • scrupulous
  • scrupulously
  • scrupulousness
  • unscrupulous
  • unscrupulously
  • unscrupulousness

Translations

Verb

scruple (third-person singular simple present scruples, present participle scrupling, simple past and past participle scrupled)

  1. (intransitive) To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
  2. (intransitive) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
  3. (transitive) To regard with suspicion; to question.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.

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Further reading

  • conscience on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “scruple”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “scruple”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “scruple”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • curples

Source: wiktionary.org