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Is snivel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word snivel is a Scrabble US word. The word snivel is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

S1N1I1V4E1L1

Is snivel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word snivel is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1N1I1V4E1L1

Is snivel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word snivel is a Words With Friends word. The word snivel is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1N2I1V5E1L2

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6-letter words (4 found)

LEVINS,LIVENS,SLIVEN,SNIVEL,

5-letter words (18 found)

ELSIN,EVILS,LENIS,LEVIN,LEVIS,LIENS,LINES,LIVEN,LIVES,NELIS,SILEN,SLIVE,VEILS,VEINS,VINES,VISNE,VLEIS,VLIES,

4-letter words (25 found)

EVIL,ISLE,LEIS,LENS,LEVS,LIEN,LIES,LINE,LINS,LIVE,NEVI,NIES,NILS,SEIL,SIEN,SILE,SINE,VEIL,VEIN,VIES,VILE,VINE,VINS,VISE,VLEI,

3-letter words (20 found)

ELS,ENS,INS,LEI,LES,LEV,LIE,LIN,LIS,NIE,NIL,NIS,SEI,SEL,SEN,SEV,SIN,VIE,VIN,VIS,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,EN,ES,IN,IS,LI,NE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 76 words from snivel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of snivel

snivel

Etymology

Old English *snyflan, also attested in the verbal noun snyflung (“mucus”) from snofl, ultimately from the root of snout.

Akin to sniff, snuff.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnɪvəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪvəl

Verb

snivel (third-person singular simple present snivels, present participle (UK) snivelling or (US) sniveling, simple past and past participle (UK) snivelled or (US) sniveled)

  1. (intransitive) To breathe heavily through the nose while it is congested with nasal mucus.
    Synonym: sniffle
    • 1611, Josuah Sylvester (translator), Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes, London, Book 4, Week 2, Day 4, p. 623,[1]
      […] a Hagg, a Fury by my side;
      With hollow, yellow teeth (or none perhaps)
      With stinking breath, swart-cheeks, and hanging chaps;
      With wrinkled neck; and stooping as she goes,
      With driveling mouth, and with a sniveling nose.
    • 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia, London: J. Johnson, Volume 1, Section 16, Subsection 2, p. 149,[2]
      […] in severe frosty weather, snivelling and tears are produced by the coldness and dryness of the air.
  2. (derogatory, intransitive) To cry while sniffling; to whine or complain while crying.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:complain
  3. (derogatory, transitive) To say (something) while sniffling or crying.

Related terms

  • sniffle (verb), snuffle (verb)

Translations

Noun

snivel (plural snivels)

  1. The act of snivelling.
  2. Nasal mucus; snot.
    • 1770, Thomas Bridges, A Burlesque Translation of Homer, London: S. Hooper, 3rd edition, Volume 2, Book 8, p. 44,[11]
      In streams the blood and snivel flows
      From many a Grecian’s snotty nose,

Derived terms

  • sniveller
  • snivelling
  • snivelly

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Anagrams

  • Levins, Nevils, Slevin, Sliven, V lines, V-lines, levins, livens, sliven

Source: wiktionary.org