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Is snell a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word snell is a Scrabble US word. The word snell is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

S1N1E1L1L1

Is snell a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word snell is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

S1N1E1L1L1

Is snell a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word snell is a Words With Friends word. The word snell is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1N2E1L2L2

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5-letter words (1 found)

SNELL,

4-letter words (3 found)

ELLS,LENS,SELL,

3-letter words (6 found)

ELL,ELS,ENS,LES,SEL,SEN,

2-letter words (4 found)

EL,EN,ES,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from snell according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of snell

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

Definitions and meaning of snell

snell

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Middle English snell (“quick, fast”) from Old English snel, snell (“lively, quick”) from Proto-West Germanic *snell, from Proto-Germanic *snellaz (“active, swift, brisk”). Akin to Old Saxon snel, snell (“active, strenuous”), Dutch snel, Old High German snel (whence German schnell (“quick, swift”), Yiddish שנעל (shnel, “quick, swift”), Italian snello (“quick, nimble”), Old French esnel, isnel (“snell”), and Occitan isnel, irnel (“snell”)), Old Norse snjallr (“skilful, excellent”) (whence Danish snild (“clever”)).

Adjective

snell (comparative sneller, superlative snellest)

(now chiefly Scotland)

  1. Quick, smart; sharp, active, brisk or nimble; lively.
  2. Quick-witted; clever.
  3. Harsh, severe, or stinging.

Adverb

snell (comparative more snell, superlative most snell)

  1. Alternative form of snelly
Derived terms
  • snelly
Translations

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

snell (plural snells)

  1. A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook or lure is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line.
Related terms
  • snell knot
Translations

Verb

snell (third-person singular simple present snells, present participle snelling, simple past and past participle snelled)

  1. To tie a hook to the end of a fishing line with a snell knot.
    Can you show me how to snell a hook?

Source: wiktionary.org